Good to do this once in awhile...

So every few years it's good to reevaluate your life to see where you are.  We all have dreams about what we'd like in our lives, but we don't always "make things happen" by our own intentions. When things get hectic in our lives, it's easy to just go with the flow, isn't it.  Not enough time to do this or that. So Monday's board on my door was...

Take a few moments to think about your life and dream up a better one or one with better fringe benefits. It's only a thought, right?

It makes me think about when I started A Stamp in the Hand.  I was still with my handsome Iranian boyfriend at the time.  I was wishing and wishing for a van so we could take our wares to weekend sales.  Well, I wasn't very specific, so it happens that my boyfriend bought a very unattractive V-dub van for next to nothing.  He proudly showed up with it one day and I was distraught.  It was the kind of van you think a serial killer drives.  The guts were pulled out and it was a very dirty beige color.  No matter how many times you washed it, it always looked the same... UGLY!  So off we went for our weekend sales with the smell of exhaust coming into the van.  So I started dreaming up a NEW VAN which I couldn't afford and in a rather short time, I was able to lease (something I'd never done before) a brand new Toyota cargo van (we're talking the 80's now). I was in heaven.  I've dreamt up the next two vans as well.  When I look back on my life, I've done this time and time again without really thinking about it.  Somehow, once you get in the habit of doing it, it becomes automatic.  So get in the habit please.  You'll be amazed at the results...