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<channel><title><![CDATA[West Coast Lady Painter Dixie MacUisdin - Living a Creative Life]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.dixiemacuisdin.com/living-a-creative-life]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living a Creative Life]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:55:12 -0700</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Rejection & Social Media]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.dixiemacuisdin.com/living-a-creative-life/rejection-social-media]]></link><comments><![CDATA[https://www.dixiemacuisdin.com/living-a-creative-life/rejection-social-media#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:53:39 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.dixiemacuisdin.com/living-a-creative-life/rejection-social-media</guid><description><![CDATA[No matter how many times I am rejected it always feels like a punch to the gut no matter how kind the rejection email is. Why does it make me feel so bad? Usually this bad feeling will last for a couple of days, and then I will pick myself up and carry on.On social media, I almost never share my failures and feelings of being low for fear that it will bring others down too. But as I look at it now, only posting the good stuff creates the false projection that everything is great all the time. I  [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><font color="#2a2a2a" size="4">No matter how many times I am rejected it always feels like a punch to the gut no matter how kind the rejection email is. Why does it make me feel so bad? Usually this bad feeling will last for a couple of days, and then I will pick myself up and carry on.<br /><br />On social media, I almost never share my failures and feelings of being low for fear that it will bring others down too. But as I look at it now, only posting the good stuff creates the false projection that everything is great all the time. I wanted to tell you today that that is not the case. So, going forward, I am going to try to be more balanced in what I share - the good and the bad.<br /><br />Whatever your life&rsquo;s journey, there are ups and downs. That is life. That is living a creative life as well.</font></div>  <div><div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div> <hr class="styled-hr" style="width:100%;"></hr> <div style="height: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%;"></div></div>  <div class="paragraph" style="text-align:center;"><strong><font size="5" color="#2a2a2a">THE REJECTED</font></strong></div>  <div><div class="wsite-multicol"><div class="wsite-multicol-table-wrap" style="margin:0 -15px;"> 	<table class="wsite-multicol-table"> 		<tbody class="wsite-multicol-tbody"> 			<tr class="wsite-multicol-tr"> 				<td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:50%; padding:0 15px;"> 					 						  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.dixiemacuisdin.com/uploads/5/7/5/6/57567917/published/macuisdin-dixie-awaken-the-sweet-buds-watercolour-5x7-2020.jpg?1635887134" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%">Awaken The Sweet Buds</div> </div></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.dixiemacuisdin.com/uploads/5/7/5/6/57567917/published/macuisdin-dixie-in-the-golden-lightning-watercolour-5x7-2021s-2021.jpg?1635887181" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%">In The Golden Lightning</div> </div></div>   					 				</td>				<td class="wsite-multicol-col" style="width:50%; padding:0 15px;"> 					 						  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.dixiemacuisdin.com/uploads/5/7/5/6/57567917/published/macuisdin-dixie-dances-about-the-sun-5x7-2020.jpg?1635887141" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%">Dances About The Sun</div> </div></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="https://www.dixiemacuisdin.com/uploads/5/7/5/6/57567917/published/macuisdin-dixie-of-the-setting-sun-watercolour-5x7-2021.jpg?1635887188" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%">Of The Setting Sun</div> </div></div>   					 				</td>			</tr> 		</tbody> 	</table> </div></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>