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Gratitude

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
 -- Albert Einstein


I hope that everyone has been well during this new year. A lot has happened in my life that I am so thankful for in my day to day life.

I am still very much active on this website and I have multiple projects on the side. I am also   working full time as a nurse and juggling school to further advance in my career. It has been some time since I picked up a paint brush and pen, but I was able to get back into the best stress relief that I know I have: Creativity. 

I hope you all are living happy, healthy lives and are doing what you love right this very moment. 

A Life Coach I spoke to recently had opened my mind to a couple easy tips we can all do at the beginning of our day that can improve our outlook and endorphins. 

1. At the start of your day, say or write 3 things that you are grateful for in the last 24 hours. Do this every day with no repeats. Also, you can pick someone to do this with every day... seriously, it doesn't take long!
    -- I'll share with you mine: I am grateful for this beautiful weather in Florida, I am grateful for my puppy snuggles, and I am grateful to have made in difference in someone's life in the past 24 hours.

2. Take risks. Tell yourself, "If I had no fear, what would I do?" and run to it, not from it.

3. Always dream! Talk about it, live it, get excited about your dream like it has already happened and it WILL happen. 

4. When you feel good, good things happen. 

5. Lastly, never say, "I can't"... say "I could" because can't never could and words always matter. 

Have a wonderful day and be safe! 

-Abby
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Change

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So it has been 3 years since my last journal entry!

So I figured there had to be some change to my gallery, I started DA almost 10 years ago and a lot has changed in style and interest. I put a lot of my older deviations into storage (I had to look up how to do that on Google... That goes to show how much I have been on this site in the recent years). I've wanted to do this for some time now. 

Although I have not changed in liking the old art, I have grown up too. But art is art and I enjoy looking at it all. I love reading the Fanfictions and worlds that my watchers make for their art. 

So yes, a lot of the old stuff is in storage, and I hope that in the future I will have new art posted and especially the time to do it in. I am in nursing school and time/energy is spent elsewhere. There maybe more literature coming to my gallery as well. I've got something in the works on the side. With that being said, the literature that I have posted now, especially Forbidden Companion, will be looked over in the future and changed some. When it was written, the detail that I wanted to put into it just wasn't researched as much as I wanted. But I was also younger when I wrote it, even younger when the ideas started to flow in. The biggest help I had with it was posting it into a group designed to promote growth. 

With that being said, the theme for the story may or may not come into play with the Lit I have been working on. We will just have to see! 😁

I hope everyone is doing well and having a great year! 
~Abby😺
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Hello my fellow DeviantArt followers!

As everyone knows or probably remembers, I have not been on DA for a long long time and I am truly sorry to all of my watchers who have followed me over the years. I'm sure I have lost a few of you along the way and that's understandable. 

Although this is a sad truth, what I have said in my previous journal is true. Deviantart messes with my computer and glitches it out. Even after getting a new laptop instead of the old computer. I don't really want to chance it. What I have been doing is using my ipad to draw, sketch do whatever on here. So it's great that I can still view art like I used too. I can't post like I used too because a lot of it has been on hold. What I do love to do is write like always. I've put my recent story that has been posted on here, Forbidden Companion on hold. But, updates will be posted on my website user on fanfiction.net. The story posted here www.fanfiction.net/s/6247182/1…  

What I am excited for is college, I'll be in nursing school next fall and starting that next chapter of my life. I have also started a new idea for a teen novel that I hope to someday perfect and publish within the next couple years. I may or may not publish it here or on fanfiction. It'll probably be in fanfiction but I am very very excited about getting that started! We will see!

So with that being said, I wanted to give everyone some update at where I am in my life and status. I can't change everything on my ipad and update everything but I can still keep everyone who is still willing to follow me even after my long absence updated and hopefully entertained. 

I hope that everyone is doing well!
-Abby 
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Hello everyone,

I know recently I havent been online for awhile now, and i appologize... But with that said, my time on deviantART im affraid is numbered. When I am home, it kills my computer with viruses and i do not want to take the chance of losing everything that i have worked for over the years. Which saddens me because everyone i kept in contact with on here, has problem forgotten about me and the work, and moved on.

BUT. For those who are still interested in my story, Forbidden Companion and my upcoming work too, (which again, saddens me that it wont be shown on here) will be at the site, www.fanfiction.org. When I get home from vacation, I will update it and then put my new story online too. I'm very excited about it and im hoping that it will get as much as love as everyone gave Forbidden Companion. My username is Abbycats, just like my dev name, and i hope everyone can support and continue reading for those who have stuck with me for so long. The new chapters and updates will be on that site. Heres the web page: www.fanfiction.net/u/1850184/A… . send me messages through there, or thru the emails below.

Well, I think thats everything, and if you need to get in contact with me, my email is abbycarlsonus@yahoo.com or abbycats101@yahoo.com. Tell me who you are and what not and ill send you updates when i can on the stories and more info on the process.

Thanks for everyones support and help, and who knows, maybe ill get a new computer and get to get back online with everyone here, im sorry for the inconvienance, but hopefully ill see your comments and support OR for those fellow writers who want to put their stories on another site for great feedback and new viewers, i hope to see your writing there too!

With much love,
~Abby <3
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New journal! YAY!

So I've got myself a lover, and I love him sooooooo much. He makes me happy when I haven't been in a long long time! I've never been very good with relationships, but I think (and hope) that this will last. I've never met someone like Josh; we are so much alike and have so much in common it's crazy. I was jumping for joy when he asked me. :heart:

Yep that's my journal.
Later!
~Abby

PS: Also, thank you to everyone who has read and stayed with my story, Forbidden Companion! I've been thinking a lot about this new idea for a story, and I can't wait to get started! It'll be more of a witchy theme then our Werewolf/ Vampire story I've got going on now. And I've already planned ahead and jotted down ideas for it. I'm excited to get going, which isn't a good thing when I still have a story going hahahaha Dang me and my imagination!
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