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I think I may have discovered what part of the blockage is that’s keeping me from success. Eric and I were talking, and he asked me what should have been a simple question. “What do you WANT to do?” He was asking that because I was trying to figure out the right path to success, trying to figure out what is the right thing fr me to be doing.

The problem is, I don’t WANT to be doing most of the stuff I’m doing. I don’t want to be uploading and making products. I don’t wan to be building a store. I don’t want to be figuring out how to promote products. When it comes right down to it, what I WANT to be doing is creating. That’s what I’m good at. I can make funny art, I can make pretty things and cool things. I can write too. I like to create. I do not, however, like to make stores and products and promote and advertise. I hate that stuff. It’s hard for me, and there is no enjoyment in it.

So now I have a new problem. How can I be the creative part of the equation, without doing all the other stuff. How can I make art and designs and make money from them? I would have to find someone to buy the art from me, and get paid for it. I know I’d be more than happy to sell my art to other CafePress and Zazzle store owners, and let them do the rest. I’d even be cool with promoting the products that they put the designs on, after they have them made. I guess I have to figure out a way to make that happen.

The Secret says to listen to your emotional compass, and the more I work on creating products and making stores and working on promotion of them, the more unhappy I become. I like making the art. I haven’t done it in a long time now, because I have needed to put all my time and energy into putting the designs on products and building stores and promoting the products and the stores. I’ve forgotten most of the techniques that I used to make all the art I was producing. I was incredibly happy when I was making designs. Sometimes it took me all day to make a piece, sometimes I made a dozen in a day. It was enjoyable either way. I was always happy showing my work to people and seeing their reactions.

So, does anyone know how I can sell my art without setting up products and stores? I want my work out in the world, but CP and Zazz are just not doing it for me. It’s a lot of stress and work and heartache, and I’m not getting anything back out of it. If The Secret is right, then it means I’ve been going about it the wrong way. So I need to know how I can make art and get paid.

I want to write more too. I was enjoying making articles for Squidoo, but now that they’ve locked them all, I’m not sure I should spend any more time on it. Does anyone know of an alternative place where I could post my articles and make money from them? I liked that at Squidoo I could write about anything, so that’s something I need. I will write for eHow when I can, but it’s rather limiting in the fact that they have to be instructional and written in steps. I know I’ll probably be grabbing all of the stuff I wrote for Squidoo and pulling it over to my blog so it’s not lost forever. I would like an alternative site where I can write and post articles about whatever I want and get paid for it. I have seen some sites out there, but they have very stringent limitations.

I guess I just need to find new ways to make money. I need to sell my art some other way. I’m a creative person. That’s what I love to do. I need to find ways to make that work. I’m open to any suggestions that any of you have. Even if there are sites where I can just upload my designs, and not do any more fussing after that, that would be great. Just put my work up there for other people to use, and I get paid for their use.

Let me know if you have any ideas. I need to get something working for me, and I could really use outside help. Thank you in advance to anyone who assists me in finding a path to success with my art and writing.

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