Making myself go

Well, I'm on the downward spiral to my 40th birthday. As many people know, hitting 40 can really hurt. You tend to look at where you are and say, "What the hell happened?" Well, 7 months from now, I don't want to feel quite that way, so I'm setting a goal for myself that I'd hoped to accomplish in my 20s...I want to have enough paintings done to be able to have my art displayed in a gallery. Why are you putting this in a blog, you say. Let's keep it short and sweet: I'm lazy. I have good intentions but am easily distracted, so I'm hoping that having to account for what I'm doing will keep me on track. I have finished two paintings since the beginning of the year and am well into another one, so I'm going to count those as part of my 40. Only 37 1/2 to go. ;) My criteria? Art that I feel good about. It doesn't have to make YOU smile or weep tears of joy. It only has to make me feel like I've accomplished something that I can be proud of. After all, you can't please all of the people all of the time. I'm hoping that I CAN please some of you (and not just you faithful friends and family members) because that's really the point of putting it into a gallery, isn't it? I will post each painting as I finish them and maybe a few in progress. I guess I shouldn't say "painting" because I think that some of the pieces will be in other media. In any case, I hope to finish 40 pieces of art before December 31st...my 40th birthday. Wish me luck!