Every month, I share the articles and sites that I found most interesting. Here's what caught my attention in January.
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Sketchbook #39
When it comes to creativity, January and December are never great months for me. I spend December—what little isn’t taken up by holiday prep and recovery—in full planning mode, which is good, but it does turn into an excuse not to do the actual work. And January… despite my enthusiasm going in, it always takes me a bit of time to find my rhythms again. Add to that the one-two hit of the new year and my birthday, and I’m suddenly questioning everything.
That’s actually why I’m working on this post right now, when I’d already blocked out this time for writing fiction. I need to step back and take an objective look at some of this stuff, and talking it out here always seems to help me clarify my thoughts. (If you’re not here for my creative-process rambling, consider that your warning. I won’t feel bad if you skip this post.)
Snapshot #119 | 10 Things for 27 January 2019
The last couple of weeks have been so busy. I've been: daydreaming | starting | suspecting | cutting | planning | thinking | waiting | feeling | trying | eating
Announcing Project366 for 2019/2020!
Here’s the thing: I love writing, and I love photography. I love studying them, I love doing them. And I’m not terrible at either of them—on a good day, I can admit I’m actually pretty ok at both of them.
But it’s always been hard for me to actually make myself write, or make myself take photos.
Snapshot #118 | 10 Things for 13 January 2019
It's the first snapshot of 2019! I've been: easing | trying | marvelling | watching | rereading | rethinking | hating | organizing | looking | feeling
Looking ahead to 2019.
I was beginning to wonder if we were ever going to escape from 2018, but… here we are! 2019! Only a week in and already so weird but… so far, things are marginally better than last year, so I’ll take it.
Inspired | December 2018
Every month, I share the articles and sites that I found most interesting. Here's what caught my attention in December.
Snapshot #117 | 10 Things for 30 December 2018
I hope everyone's having a great couple of weeks. I've been: eating | indulging | figuring | making | feeling | craving | accepting | trying | looking | taking
A brief scheduling note.
Things are going to be slow around here for the next two weeks. Regularly scheduled programming (snapshots, inspired) will continue as usual, and I’m not disappearing entirely, but I won’t be around very much, and there probably won’t be any posts outside the regular ones.
I’ll be back on January 7. In the meantime, Happy Holidays if you celebrate! I hope you have a fantastic few weeks!
The 2018 Reboot | Finale
Technically speaking September was only four months ago.
But 2018 has been the longest year ever, and it feels like it was at least two years ago that I decided I needed to make some changes.
Back in August, every project I was working on had either stalled or was moving too slowly to see any real progress. My motivation had plummeted. I was in a rut, and I needed to get myself out of that rut, and I needed to figure out how to avoid falling into it again. And so in September, I came up with a short list of things I wanted to do by the end of the year. They weren’t huge goals - and they definitely weren’t dramatic - but it was about building a system that could support my bigger goals going into the future.
We’re fast approaching the end of the year, so it’s time to look back at how (and whether) my reboot has worked, and where I’m going from here.