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Guh... trying to get back into drawing. Fail! I keep drawing for 5 minutes, then skipping to the next page. I remember when I could draw for 5 minutes, and come up with a messy sketch that would inspire me to complete it. I'm not feeling that at all. Perhaps I need to back up a few steps, and work on some still lifes before I get any more ambitious. Maybe step back into an evening art class or something . . . I dunno.
In other news, can't say I'm "loving" this job, but I'm a lot less stressed out than I was at my old one, and I think that's because I have more focus on less work, instead of trying to do the jobs of 9 people in under one hour before a deadline. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad at all! The people are fun, they treat me well, and I'm learning a bazillion new things. I think my current one will get better. It's just that the programs they're training me on are so intense.It's a lot of information. A lot to remember. A lot of repetition. More importantly, they realize that I don't want to just operate machinery, and said that once I get comfortable enough to complete my tasks flawlessly, it's likely that I'm going to have quite a bit of free time to fill in my 8 hours, and that I could probably do graphics during those times.
I've been riding my bike to and from work on most days for the past two weeks. I've been averaging between 15 and 25 miles at least every single day depending on whether or not I took the rail runner partway. I feel a lot better, and it's doing wonders for my morale. I didn't really notice it before (okay, so maybe I noticed a little) but I think I was getting pretty depressed at my old employer, and my health actually being affected because I was so stressed out all the time. I'm thinking that if I had some physical exercise outlet like I do now, I might have been a lot less stressed out. Oh well! I've been waking up around 4:30 - 5:00 in the morning to get my day started. It's been really tough to resist temptation. I know that I'm shirking a lot of social meets to accomplish it. But you know what? I'm saving more money this way, and before you know it, I could be fixing up my place, and having meets over here more often. :)
Speaking of which, I had the opportunity to do print graphics for Rocky Mountain Fur Con this year! The conbook? It's (mostly) my creation. :3 There are some pages that were designed by others that were just slapped in there. I'm really excited! They're pretty excited too apparently. So much so, that I'll be in charge of next year's print marketing. :P Should be lots of fun. We'll be heading up to Denver this coming weekend to partake in the events. Again, so excited.
In other news, can't say I'm "loving" this job, but I'm a lot less stressed out than I was at my old one, and I think that's because I have more focus on less work, instead of trying to do the jobs of 9 people in under one hour before a deadline. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad at all! The people are fun, they treat me well, and I'm learning a bazillion new things. I think my current one will get better. It's just that the programs they're training me on are so intense.It's a lot of information. A lot to remember. A lot of repetition. More importantly, they realize that I don't want to just operate machinery, and said that once I get comfortable enough to complete my tasks flawlessly, it's likely that I'm going to have quite a bit of free time to fill in my 8 hours, and that I could probably do graphics during those times.
I've been riding my bike to and from work on most days for the past two weeks. I've been averaging between 15 and 25 miles at least every single day depending on whether or not I took the rail runner partway. I feel a lot better, and it's doing wonders for my morale. I didn't really notice it before (okay, so maybe I noticed a little) but I think I was getting pretty depressed at my old employer, and my health actually being affected because I was so stressed out all the time. I'm thinking that if I had some physical exercise outlet like I do now, I might have been a lot less stressed out. Oh well! I've been waking up around 4:30 - 5:00 in the morning to get my day started. It's been really tough to resist temptation. I know that I'm shirking a lot of social meets to accomplish it. But you know what? I'm saving more money this way, and before you know it, I could be fixing up my place, and having meets over here more often. :)
Speaking of which, I had the opportunity to do print graphics for Rocky Mountain Fur Con this year! The conbook? It's (mostly) my creation. :3 There are some pages that were designed by others that were just slapped in there. I'm really excited! They're pretty excited too apparently. So much so, that I'll be in charge of next year's print marketing. :P Should be lots of fun. We'll be heading up to Denver this coming weekend to partake in the events. Again, so excited.