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Day 10 - Don't Be So Grumpy



A sketch inspired by the random word of the day - "Place"


Here's the situation, I'm a sort-of off today. I don't feel like writing.

I'm very agitated, and when I feel this way, I simply want to withdraw into doing easy things like watching a video or playing WoW.
But instead of falling into another loop of  Nothing, I'm going to repeat the method I learned earlier— Getting to the root of the matter by questioning a 6 year old.
  • So, what's up dear? I don't feel like writing.
     
  • Why don't you feel like writing? Everything around me is agitating— I couldn't think of something to write about, it's hot, the dogs have already been out, but every time I move they think I'm taking them out again (which is adorable under normal circumstances), there is a spot on my face that I want to scream at, I want to shower but there is wet laundry hanging in my tiny toilet, I want to change the bedsheets but all the other sheets are still hanging, and I missed some dust on the floor when I cleaned yesterday. I keep looking at that dust everytime I pass.
     
  • So what's agitating you, the fact that you don't want to write or all the other things? To be honest, it started with not knowing what to write about, and that escalated into being agitated at all the other things. Can I add that I really dislike proofreading, and every post requires proofreading before publishing.
     
  • Dear God that's a lot of crap. Anything else? Yes. I forgot to brush my teeth.
     
  • Ok.. Why not make time for these things if not doing them agitates you? The first thing I do when I wake up is write my to-do list, then I want to paint/draw. By the time I'm done with the blog, it's already time to do other things like make dinner, feed the dogs, spend time with hubs, and then it's evening (time to play WoW). 

I guess I'll need to include more breaks in my to-do list (in case any house-choses or showers are in order).

In regards to finding things to write about, however, I've already been through this issue before, and that's when I fine-tuned my objective from writing about "strategies" to writing about "methods".

The problem is, there are days (like today) where I'm supposed to be repeating methods I've already blogged about in previous days— Because putting more time into them is necessary for improvement.

Moreover, getting back on track (to being an illustrator) requires a bigger investment in the time I spend painting rather than blogging— Blogging about a new topic involves ideating, searching, skimming, reading, proofreading, etc. To get good again, more than half of my working day needs to be spent on illustrator things.

I'm really not sure how to tackle this matter yet, I think that blogging helps me focus, and I would like to continue writing every day. If I use this blog to simply publish my daily sketches, however, it will lose its importance to me. On the other hand, if I blog about repeated topics, my blog loses it's reading-value.

More thinking is required. I don't really know how to proceed. Help?



Today's Sense-of-Achievement To-Do List was:

  • Paint basic-shape exercises
    • 1 cube  11:00 - 11:30
    • 1 spheres  11:40 - 12:10
    • Random-word sketch  12:10 - 12:35
       
  • Blogging
    • Think of a new method  10:15 - 10:45
    • Googling & skimming chosen topic  13:00 - 13:30
    • Intro  13:40 - 13:55
    • About search results  14:00 - 14:10
    • Outcome  14:40 - 14:55
    • Conclusion  15:05 - 15:15
    • Proofreading & editing   15:20 - 15:30
    • Publish
       
  • Method Implementation  14:20 - 14:40

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