Zen and the Art of Making a Living...

[firecat]

...didn't intend for "making beautiful / frivolous things" to be excluded from people's lists of what there needs to be more of in the world. I excluded it. I do enjoy a lot what I have chosen to do, but there is some other stuff I need to choose to do. Another part of the knot is that the kinds of caretaking I do come easy to me, and there's a part of my soul that is longing for more of a challenge, but I'm also terrified of it.

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[xp85goblin.livejournal.com]

It requires something like a planner, a good sense of priorities, and most of all the discipline to say "No" occasionally. It also takes the social skills not to perminantly offend the person you said "No" to, but that probably isnt an issue with you. Your social skills seem just fine.