women creating now!

Since I wrote my post a few weeks back about re-inventing ourselves, I don't stop receiving mails from ...

women  .... about women .... and about women creating in particular.

Why is this so vital to our well-being?!

Creativity is such a personal thing.  Of course early on, many of us spend our creative energy on bringing up little ones!  But as the years move on, and family has less of a hold on our time, we remember and discover all the other stuff we can do.

To one woman it may be knitting a fine pair of socks, to another sewing a quilt, to yet another making a favourite jam; some may like to paint, and others prefer to write ... but at the end of a day most of us like to feel that we have used our minds and our energy to create something or other. 

And it seems to me that setting up a new business today is another form of creation.   There is a real   satisfaction in identifying and satisfying a need; in making the most of something we enjoy doing anyway; in making a business work, in all its complexities.

Many women have told me how much they enjoy running their own small - or  not so small - business.  Some need to do so financially, and some just love it!

Especially today, in a world whose old values have been severely shaken, and where many of us are needing to discover new ways to be happy, a new voice through which  to express ourselves.   We are also proud to set a strong example to our children.
 

Of course the internet is playing a huge role.  Talents are being re-discovered and given new value, and through the internet women are managing to get their voice out there; to be heard  and recognised.  I'd even dare say, (and any men readers might like to avert their eyes now) that women show very special talents and aptitude for communicating via the net  :)

 That combined with a greater experience of life, and deeper knowledge of speciality subjects, and what do you have?  An expert and innovative workforce just raring to go!

So tell me please.  What is your creative outlet, and how do you fit that in with the rest of your daily life and commitments.  Have you written a best seller?  Set up a cottage industry?   Is your blog your creative channel?  Is cooking vital to your everyday well being?  Have you found new confidence in being able to say "I created that!"