How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?
I’ve had a few life-changing events in my life that have shifted me from what I was doing, and headed me to something quite different.
The first major one of these was the birth of my son, and the post natal depression that hit me when I was stuck at home with him 24/7, when I’d previously been an office worker.
Once I was able to, I took advantage of a chance offered my creative possibilities and began exploring Poetry, something I’d liked at school, then left it behind.
That took me to now being a published writer and poet, which may never have happened if either I’d never had a child, or if things had gone well, and I’d gone back to office work as soon as possible.
This led to a totally different way of life, first as a stay at home mother, then as a community connected volunteer, and sometimes casual worker doing a variety of different things.
The writing is still important to me and has become my major ‘thing’, but the death of my mother last year has given me a new major change in my life. Losing a parent is a tragic thing for sure, no matter what, but given her age at the time, and the way her body was breaking down, it wasn’t that much of a surprise.
What was more surprising was when, once her estate had been looked at and the funds there distributed in accordance to her will, I had found myself to be quite well off … I’d never had that much money before.
I thought about things, and realised here was a chance to actually really do something with my life, something bigger even than the nine books I’ve published. I was going to go into business.
And not just a boring shop on the internet, or similar, 8 decided to put my best creative ideas together, and go into business as a Creative!
So all of the fun hobby things I’d been doing, I was going to get serious, and expanding all of it, doing my best to make it all profitable!
I’m at the very early Start Up stage, with no money coming yet, but I’m taking advantage of all the many opportunities available, to learn as much as I can about actually being a business!
This website began because of that, and with some adjustments, and widgets added, I hope and expect to get things happening. My mum had some idea of some of what I was planning, and I’m sure she would be proud of me for what I’ll be doing!
My younger brother is a businessman, a very successful one, and if I can follow his lead, there’s no telling how far I may fly with my own business!
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 