Pondering thoughts....

Hi Everyone!  I hope your week is going well.  I'm trying to put the finishing touches on my studio so I can reveal it to you next week...hopefully!  And I've been busy working on four custom orders which I will share with you when I'm finished.  Since I don't have any new projects to share I thought I'd share with you something I've been thinking about lately...

How do you refer to yourself?  What I mean by that is do you call yourself an artist, a designer, a crafter, a woodworker....?  Several people have referred to me as an artist and I've been getting offers for designers.  I have not now nor have I ever referred to myself as an artist although I dabble in art....I don't call myself a designer although I do "design" the furniture I build (I don't follow plans made by someone else)....I don't call myself a woodworker although I do a lot of work with wood....I don't call myself a crafter (I actually don't like that term) because around here it has a negative connotation.

I do refer to myself as a creative person...a small business owner...a bookkeeper (my day job)...a blogger...not to mention daughter, sister, friend.  I was thinking about this as I set up my website and Google +1 when it came to filling in the About Me part.  I don't know about you, but I find that to be the most difficult thing to write.  How do you quickly sum up in as few words as possible who you are and what you're about?

I generally stumble around, write four or five drafts of what I'd like to say and then edit, edit and edit.  And then second guess myself...did I say too much...not enough...does it seem interesting enough to get someone's attention...until I just give up and go with it...as is for a few weeks until I go back and edit it all over again.  Why is it that it's so difficult to sum up who you are?  Or am I the only one that feels this way?  How do you decide what to say?  I would love to hear your thoughts on the subject.  Now I really must get back to work so I have something more interesting to share with you.  Thanks for stopping by!