Progress

            How do we define progress? Merriam-Webster gives this definition: to move forward; to develop to a higher, better, or more advanced stage (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/progress).

      How do we know that we are making progress towards achieving our career goals? Sometimes when we embark on a new journey evidence of actual progress showcases itself in small increments with large periods of stagnation in between. This sums up the past year of operating my etsy shop. 

     I have frequently found myself calling upon the lesson slow and steady wins the race taught by the old folk tale "The tortoise and the hare." It has helped me to maintain perspective on the process of building something from nothing. It takes time, but with continuous vested efforts results occur. 

     Although I have not had many sales on the etsy site, a local gallery asked me to consign my work with them. I said yes, of course! Check out the gallery website http://www.green-n-groovy.com . She has tons of amazing handmade work.This, I can say, is progress!