Sunday Afternoon Housewife Article: How do you do all that? Or, my rebuttal to the fear of failure

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One question I get asked pretty regularly when talking to other crafters, artists, and even by my friends, is “How do you do all that?” All that. What do I do exactly? Are they asking about my blog? My craft business? The craft fairs I organize? The online classes I teach?  The stores whose racks I stock with my pendants? The new crafty social club I am founding? The 2 part-time jobs I have? All of that? More? The house I keep? The garden I grow? The dogs I walk? The relationship I maintain with my husband? With my best friends? Yeah, I know I do a lot.

When someone asks me how I do it all, my stock answer is this: “I just do it.” And what do I really mean? What I mean is that it isn’t really a stock answer at all. It’s the truth.

I mean that I do things I want to have done. It’s really that simple and has no hidden meaning whatsoever.

If I want to do something, I do it.