Back to work

I've been doing a lot of painting this year but my efforts towards making five yera plans, etc. have been haphazard, the reason being that it's a lot of work and on the boring side. I've been making repeated attempts and some of them have been very good and I've accomplished some really good things this year.
In the past week or so the stars have aligned and not only have I been making new attempts at planning my future, but they've actually been going somewhere. I found out about The Artist's Guide, through a friend's blog and I put it on hold at my local library. I got the book from the library yesterday and from what I've read thus far I think it could be a very useful book. While I was at the library I also had the good fortune to find a copy of the Art in America 2009 Guide. For those of you who are not familiar with the significance of this; Art in America is one of the most prestigious art magazines and their August issue is a "sourcebook to the the art world" in it they list information about museums, artist, awards, schools and a list of galleries for all fifty states. It's a pretty big deal. I was apparently not thinking in August and I didn't just go ahead and buy a copy of said guide, perhaps I just assumed I could get it at the library. Yesterday was the first time I've seen the August issue at the library in the six plus months since it came out, it's an artsy area here and I eventually figured that the libary's copies must have just gotten stolen. I was really excited to be able to check the coveted issue out, I've had a chance to flip through copies other places but it makes such a difference to be able to take it home!
I've learned my lesson, next August I will be buying a copy of the magazine and in the mean time I'm going back to work.