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Compassion For The Unmotivated

It is 9am, and my younger child just left for preschool with his dad. The house is empty, I have limited time before I need to leave to do the midday pick up/drop off (it’s complicated, my younger child has a strange schedule), but I just can’t motivate myself to start printing. I am a …

BLOGGING, crafter, creativity, design, education, family, inspiration, kids, learning, letting go, lists, motivation, multitasking, obstacles, operate by interruption, parenting, planning, schedule, small business, spontaneity, teaching, work ethic, working from home

Half Baked – Part 2

…So, where were we? Oh yes, identifying things that make me happy and, therefore, more productive. I thought about this a lot during the midday preschool pick up/drop off. Here is what I came up with: Start every day by creating something Obvious for an artist, you may say. However, I’m finding that often I get …

art and design, balance, BLOGGING, creativity, design, family, happy new year, inspiration, letting go, lists, motivation, multitasking, obstacles, operate by interruption, parenting, resolutions, schedule, small business, work ethic, working from home

Happy New Year…

…and so the first day of 2015 is here. I promised myself that I would start the year on a good note and put out a blog post on New Years Day, and voila, here I am, keeping that promise – I’ve got a good feeling about this year already. I read somewhere that listicles …

2013, art and design, British Indian, crafter, creativity, design, family, inspiration, kids, lists, motivation, multitasking, obstacles, operate by interruption, parenting, planning, schedule, small business, textile design, Uncategorized, work ethic, working from home

Toast, Monkeys and Neon Shirts

It has been a week for toasting monkeys (see the definition for ‘monkey-toasting’ here). In between all the chores, administrative work, and carting kids around to various appointments, I did actually manage to get a large chunk of printing done (giving myself a virtual pat on the back as I type this). I have started …

2013, art and design, crafter, creativity, design, illustration and books, inspiration, lists, planning, resolutions, schedule, small business, spontaneity, textile design, work ethic, working from home

Following Up On Promises To Myself

News flash!!! I finally sent my manuscript off to a publisher!! I like to think of my manuscript as a precious Faberge egg. I have been sitting on the egg  for a while now, too terrified to send it off, editing and re-editing it, looking at it lovingly, and making up all sorts of reasons …

2013, art and design, crafter, creativity, design, family, happy new year, illustration and books, inspiration, lists, planning, resolutions, work ethic, working from home

2013 To-do list

I have a feeling that this post may end up being extreeeemely boring to anyone who isn’t me. But I’m going to write it anyway, as a sort of self help exercise. So there. I have been thinking and thinking about what I want to get accomplished in 2013, and the thoughts are so manifold, …

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