Freelance Suicide

Just saw article this through Twitter. It's dead-on.
http://www.freelanceapple.com/9-ways-to-commit-freelance-suicide/

CRAZY busy...triage

A friend once told me that it's ok to have an idea and not actually DO anything with it. Very hard for me. I love being places I've never been, even if it's a simple as an intersection in my own town. So, I'm always chasing the new, following the creative thrill...probably the adrenaline.

Today someone asked me if I'm still crazy busy. I haven't seen her in years. Everybody always asks me that and I usually am...and that's CRAZY!

I like to read a book in a hammock, too.

In the last weeks I've been in triage mode with my life, considering what gives me the most emotional and (gotta think about it) financial bang for my life's buck. The answer pretty much always comes back to making art. Illustration, fine art, clay or paint...it's all good. I do need variety, I do need to be creating, but I do not need a billion hats to wear every day. Life will not allow me to have done everything, so it's time to get back to doing what I do well and love to do.

I'll forget this - there's still so much out there that's calling my name. And I do like to be busy, just not crazy.

Feelin' it.

Had a very interesting chat with two women yesterday - a little spiritual, a little biz-ness. Also met with a cool new client. It all added up to filling my pitcher (a WISE friend used to say,"You can't pour from an empty pitcher").

Started the day by cleaning the studio - had a summer's collection of things not quite done, or doable at the time - just DID them or tossed, or filed. In finding the surfaces below I felt myself growing calmer. Ideas started coming into the space that clutter had filled. I now have two paintings started and another ready to start tomorrow. I have a series I want to explore as a possible book-y project. I'm feeling ready to work my butt off - prepping for galleries, client sketches and, as is often the case, a pro bono illustration.

A friend with whom I have a monthly biz conversaion gave me a great reference for the CADDi. We talk about the issues behind getting a new product understood and used. I'll tell you about her when she's ready.

Andrea King Collier posted something about my book, which was so cool! And I had another call from someone interested in including the book in a project of theirs.

There are many things I don't get, but I do know that I'm in my zone when I'm making art.

"Twas a good day.