Like most creatives I've been at it from a very young age. I grew up in a creative family with a lot of encouragement. I dropped out of high school, received my GED, graduated trade school with a high school diploma, went on to college, dropped out, flew by the seat of my pants for a few years, and then settled down with my husband and our two kids. 
But like I say, "You don't have to settle to settle down."
I've been drawing, creating, painting, sewing, etc for as long as I can remember and I don't ever plan on stopping. 
My short term goals are to travel and create as much as I can while encouraging the same growth in my children. 
Some of my long-term goals include frivolous, but very important things, such as creating an entire art collection while staying at the Chateau Marmont for a month, finding a spot to photograph surfers for another collection, and jetting off to Paris to gawk at couture gowns.