About - 1000 Weeks with Val Spiers

Hi there!

Bushwalking along the northern beaches of Sydney

I love adventure.

I love to write and journal and think on paper.

I love to create physical and digital products that seem to just flow from my writing.

I love to share everything that makes me happy. I have my digital products after the paywall.

I have started immediately with a paid newsletter because I want to share my creative products that go with the newsletter topics. The paywall will be before the download links.

I have many years under my belt of designing and marketing doll clothes patterns for 18” dolls. I ran a mail chimp newsletter for about 2000 subscribers as Valspierssews. I even had a monthly pattern club with over 80 paid subscribers.

At the same time I was playing with quilts and patchwork, gardening, digital planners and digital stickers, learning to draw using Procreate as well as planning my future and growing my self confidence. I am still tinkering with an Etsy shop for digital planners and an Etsy shop for sterling silver bracelets.

I read a lot, both fiction and non-fiction.

I learn a lot on Skillshare and Youtube and Google and now Substack

I teach myself all sorts of new skills. Using ChatGPT is my latest adventure. And, of course trying to find my way around Substack.

I consider myself to be a highly sensitive person with a strong emotional empathy to just about everything. I am highly imaginative and creative. I have overcome lots of insecurities over the past 20 years or so and I now think of myself as confident and capable. This has opened up so many new adventures and new experiences as I take charge of all the things I can control in my life.

Part of the changes I have undergone are due to starting my own business after I retired from working for someone else and part are due to my consistent efforts to build a growth mindset and positive outlook on life. I choose to be happy as much as possible and I make time to reflect on my successes.

When you subscribe for feee you can join me on my journey with each new newsletter. When you upgrade to a paid subscription you get access to all my past newsletters as well as lots of useful resources. The 4th newsletter of each month is the Doll Dressmaking Pattern Club with a growing collection of 18” doll clothes patterns.

See you soon,

Val

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Val Spiers

@valspiers

I’m a dynamic and active retiree. I like to explore new horizons, fueled by a passion for sewing, reading, drawing, goal-setting, journaling, and travel. Join me on my journey as I continue to add tools, experiences and skills to my life.