Write Robinson http://writerobinson.com Couture Stationery Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:30:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Do you still love it? http://writerobinson.com/do-you-still-love-it/ http://writerobinson.com/do-you-still-love-it/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:30:05 +0000 Angel http://writerobinson.com/?p=1695 Continue reading →]]> This morning I was chatting with a new client about her baking business. She makes mini cheesecakes and they are absolutely delicious. While discussing where she is in the development of this business, we began to also talk about her recent foray into culinary school. She has always had an affinity for baking but decided to make it a professional goal just recently. Last year, she enrolled into culinary school to expand her skills and to learn professional technique.

We chatted a lot but the one thing I wanted to know was: Do you still love it?

It’s one thing to have a hobby or to like doing something like baking and to be quite good at it naturally. It’s a completely different thing to decide to become a professional. Being a professional requires more than just being good for a weekend and giving your kid extra cookies because the baking bug bit. Being a professional requires being able to be good every single time you put on the apron. It requires listening to consumer demand while educating them on the flavor combinations you love. Being a professional means constantly learning, constantly growing, practicing the skills you have while seeking out new ones.

It’s not easy. It’s not easy being a professional baker. It’s not easy being a professional stationer. It is for that reason that I asked her after a year of school and a half-year of internships, if she still loved it. Her answer was yes, more than ever.  I often ask myself the same question. And for me, the answer is always yes as well. I still love it. After all these years, I still love it.

So my advice to you today is, if you don’t still love it, stop doing it. Take a break, get away from it all for a while. Perhaps you will rediscover what you did love. Perhaps you will discover a new love. The bottom line is that if you can’t put your passion and your love into your work and get as much joy from it as you put in, then try something else.

Ask yourself everyday: Do you still love it?

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]]> http://writerobinson.com/do-you-still-love-it/feed/ 0 Thought of the day http://writerobinson.com/thought-of-the-day-29/ http://writerobinson.com/thought-of-the-day-29/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:33:21 +0000 Angel http://writerobinson.com/?p=1693 I firmly believe that if you spend your days focused on finding ways to be nice, then you will see opportunities to be nice all around.

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]]> http://writerobinson.com/thought-of-the-day-29/feed/ 0 New paper. New possibilities. http://writerobinson.com/new-paper-new-possibilities/ http://writerobinson.com/new-paper-new-possibilities/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:53:48 +0000 Angel http://writerobinson.com/?p=1607 Continue reading →]]> I absolutely love getting new shipments of paper. The design possibilities are endless. It brings me joy that these beautifully crafted stocks and wonderfully soft-textured envelopes will one day become the vessel for my designs and leave my studio as Write Robinson stationery.

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Seriously, how gorgeous are these papers? I believe that you have to start with quality materials and then not over-complicate them. My motto is: Simple. Pretty. Elegant. Let the paper shine through and create a timeless heirloom to be cherished by all lucky recipients.

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]]> http://writerobinson.com/new-paper-new-possibilities/feed/ 0 Thought of the day http://writerobinson.com/thought-of-the-day-28/ http://writerobinson.com/thought-of-the-day-28/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:30:42 +0000 Angel http://writerobinson.com/?p=1686 Continue reading →]]> This morning, I woke up, reached for a pencil which I always have near, scribbled these words and went back to sleep. It wasn’t until after I’d had my morning coffee did I even remember writing it.

I think my subconscious was trying to tell me what I’ve needed to hear for a few days. I am the architect of my own happiness and it’s up to me solely to build that happiness on a solid foundation.

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]]> http://writerobinson.com/thought-of-the-day-28/feed/ 0 Thought of the day http://writerobinson.com/thought-of-the-day-27/ http://writerobinson.com/thought-of-the-day-27/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:08:54 +0000 Angel http://writerobinson.com/?p=1653 Continue reading →]]> Lately I’ve had many conversations with my friends on the significance of my turning 40. Fortunately I see this time as a moment of triumph and of new beginnings. I get to start the second act of my life. I get to write my own story. That free will is the greatest blessing.

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]]> http://writerobinson.com/thought-of-the-day-23/feed/ 0 Thought of the day http://writerobinson.com/thought-of-the-day-22/ http://writerobinson.com/thought-of-the-day-22/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:48:25 +0000 Angel http://writerobinson.com/?p=1560 Just keep trying. Every try gives information that makes you better. Just keep trying and keep learning.

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