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Do you tend to be shy or an attention seeker?

Posted on Monday, 21 March

totally shy, but i do have good stories if anyone wants to hear them. :-)

Ask me anything

Question?

Posted on Thursday, 27 May

If you didn’t know something was addictive, would it be easier to quit?  Is the knowledge of addiction a crutch that makes it easier to stay with something… because its “otherness” makes it so hard to leave?

Posted on Tuesday, 13 April

favorite song of the day :)

Posted on Wednesday, 17 March

A twiddly instrumental that makes my brain awake:

I found a sticker with a soft rubbery front.

Posted on Friday, 12 February

I stuck it on my desk phone so I can touch it when I feel stressed out. Does that make me insane?

Getting Inspiration Back After the 9-5?

Posted on Tuesday, 9 February

It’s funny how when I am at work I get all these ideas buzzing through my head, new design ideas, projects, on and on… but then I get home and it’s like they were never there, I have the inspiration of a mudflap.

Does this happen to you too?

Maybe I’m just trying to mentally escape with some creative ideas when my job gets too static. Maybe I’m avoiding reality. There are a lot of “to do” ideas on post-it notes floating around on my desk.

I just wish I could have the same flurry of ideas when I get home. When I walk through the door every evening, I give my puppy some love, my boyfriend a hug and it’s like my brain falls asleep. I’m exhausted, mentally spent from the daily drama that is office life, and all I want to do is read some crap online, eat dinner and sleep. Pretty boring yea?

So today I decided I would make a list of all the things I want to do when I get home, as I think of them now. Partly as a reminder for myself, partly to prove to the world that I DO think! Sometimes I feel like artists who also work a day job are seen as “selling out” or giving up… but trust me- all I think about is art, designing and making.

Things I want to do tonight…

• I finally get to send the final CD jacket design I’ve been working on
• Work on the wedding invites for my boyfriend’s sis.
• Ack! Gotta mail out Valentine’s Day gifts!
• Come up with a standard custom order form and price sheet
• Design new prints for the shop
• Design new stamps
• Blog more!
• Teach myself Adobe Premiere so I can edit all those videos I want to record :-P

So will I get it all done tonight? Hell no… but maybe if I do just a couple things I’ll feel less worthless.

How do you re-inspire yourself after a long day? I know I can’t be the only one who feels like this!