Just when I think the inspiration can't get any better...it does!

I watched this today on the Today show, check it out.  "Mom of 11 heads back to Harvard". What great inspiration and such ambition to push forward with her dreams.  Have you ever thought of going back to school and felt you were too old or had too much on your plate, well Allyson Reneau will show you that she beat the odds and you can too! In fact, I am going to be starting back to college this coming January 2012 and I am 40.  I am terrified, but excited and ready to do whatever it takes to follow my dreams. If you set your mind to it, you can do anything. I have attached the video below. Amazing, amazing!  This only makes me want to keep going and going.  What holds you back from you dreams? What are your hurdles? What are your dreams? Please leave me a comment, because I would love to hear from you. 

 Video of Allyson Reneau on the Today show, Mother of 11 who went back to college, at Harvard.

Have a wonderful day! May your cup be half full instead of half empty.  Let today be the day you say "I can do it!"

As always, till tomorrow, never goodbye!

Sincerely,
Robin

Getting Started....

Wow, today has been a long day so far and its only 3:20pm.  Information overload.  BUT I am going to keep going forward.  As I do and as I find information to help you and I on this journey I will share it.  I want to compile, find, sort out the bad and good, and share it all.  I have found some great inspiration on Twitter by following some great women entrepreneurs like Nika Stewart from LapTopMom, Marie Forleo: Where women entrepreneurs live Rich, Happy, & Hot, and one other that comes to mind with Angela Jia Kim with her successful business Savor the Success.  All of these women have started their businesses with simple ideas that blossomed them into the Phenomenal business women they are today.  They all three had different goals and dreams, but they all had one thing in common, AMBITION.  It is with great hope that I can follow in some big foot steps and become the me I have been looking for. And I hope to also help, encourage, and pay it forward to you.  

PROJECT FOR INSPIRATION

JOURNAL NOTEBOOK: The Dreams and Inspirations Book

Start a journal.  When an idea comes to your mind, write it down.  If something catches your eye, capture it in a picture if you have a camera or cell phone to take pictures with. Cut pictures out of magazines, newspapers, or photographs and stick them in the journal.  I use my journal as my Dreams and Inspirations Book.  Put all your ideas in one place and carry it with you.  Keep all your inspirations in one place.  I also have a cork board in my studio that is full of inspiration and little quotes that have been torn out or framed.  Keep your inspiration going by keeping yourself surrounded with constant ideas and constant mental stimulation. Write down your ideas, your dreams, your challenges! I keep mine with me at all times, because you never know when an idea will come to mind.  My journal sits next to my bed with a book light, because sometimes I find myself half asleep, in bed, when some of the good ideas come to me.

Please stick it out with me, there is more to come, I promise it will be worth the time.

Happy dreams, ambitions, and inspiration!

Talk to you real soon, till then, never goodbye...

Sincerely, 

Robin

Back on a MISSON TO SUCCEED!!!

Ok, I am back. I am back on a mission to succeed....

I have finally had it and I can't take it anymore!!  

I deserve more than this out of life and so I am taking my life back.  

As I sit here in front of my computer typing, I have so many ideas rattling around in my head...like "I should be doing this.." or "Why am I not doing that?" or "I can do that, so why am I not doing it?" And maybe like yourself you beat yourself up for not taking that step. BUT...the fear of rejection and failure rings so loud.  I had a pretty good decorative painting business for several years and then the economy went cur-plunk and thus began the hard times, but I never thought I could keep my creativity then.  So I pursued a career elsewhere, but mind you I also have three children to tend to on a daily basis.  That career I went into was way out of my range of something I felt passionate about, I worked in a la, as a lab assistant and I even tried working in retail at Home Depot - I thought if i was working in paint it would help keep me inspired, na-dah.  Other than the fact that our lab was helping people and I truly loved that idea, that work was killing me inside...after all I am an artist.  I have been doing my art or anything with art for as long as I can remember until those past 5 years. Now after a nervous breakdown that landed me in the hospital, losing my job, losing my house, and nearly losing my marriage...I figure it cannot get any worse and I need to do something now to get myself back again.  

 

 

I want to start to journal my journey from today forward.  So that you too will be inspired to follow your dreams and passions.  I have great hopes for me and for YOU.  "We can do it!", is a saying my girlfriend always tells me when I get all down in the dumps.  Her and I brainstorm together with some great ideas, now its just finding the right ones and how to get them going in the right direction.  Let me help you and you help me along this journey.  Are you READY? Follow me on Facebook too...at Pour Me A Cup Of Ambition.  I look forward to meeting any of you that dare to challenge your dreams and passions!  I want to hear from you.  Let me know your hurdles, your fears, your inspirations, and let me get to know YOU.

Take care, till then...never goodbye and always tomorrow...

Sincerely, 

Robin