Not much going on right now. Trying to find time to work on my artwork, and sorta failing. I'm in this awful cycle where I don't want to leave Current Workplace until I have something purposeful (like art school) to leave for, I can't apply for art school until I have more of a portfolio, and I don't have enough time to work on a portfolio while I'm working 40 hrs a week at Current Workplace. I've already done the math and I can't afford to cut my hours; moving home isn't a practical option for a number of reasons.
If anyone has any genius epiphanies, do let me know.
Honestly, I think if I start cutting out social things from my weekend, I'll find enough time. I just need to be more self-disciplined. Incidentally, Monday was my four year anniversary at Workplace [confetti]. I never thought I'd be here this long; don't I get to graduate yet?
If anyone has any genius epiphanies, do let me know.
Honestly, I think if I start cutting out social things from my weekend, I'll find enough time. I just need to be more self-disciplined. Incidentally, Monday was my four year anniversary at Workplace [confetti]. I never thought I'd be here this long; don't I get to graduate yet?
I had the same problem my first year after grad school, when I knew I needed to write and I just couldn't manage to do it; of course for me, it wasn't a matter of time, it was a matter of inclination.
ReplyDeleteI mean, I don't know how you work on art, if you need a dedicated block of time or if you can do a little here and there, but if you could just get up 15 or 30 minutes earlier in the morning and do a little, it adds up. Or stay up, or work during lunch, or whatever. I do that sometimes when I'm having a hard time concentrating on writing; I'll just try to do a few lines of dialogue, not even a whole scene, just enough that I can say I wrote something, and eventually, there's something there.
Should we arrange for an art/writing date? I'm going to come home next weekend, so we could have a weekly scheduled time. I'd promise not to be distracting.
ReplyDeletePlus, cute kitty!
If I'm already working on a project, I can work on it a bit here and a bit there, but I also need larger chunks of time to develop ideas and really get into it. And yeah, it's partly a matter of inclination for me, too. ;)
ReplyDeleteYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY art/writing date!!!
I'm laughing at the thought of Holly getting up earlier. Just teasing! I love you!
ReplyDeleteBlaha, um, yeeeeaaahhh.... ;)
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