Recharge and Redesign
So what with one thing and another, I found myself in the irrational doldrums the last couple days and as I trudged back up out of them today I found myself in the midst of one of those moods. The ones I'm quite susceptible to. The ones where everything starts to look - maybe not bright with hope and promise - but like a worthy place to start a change.
Realizing that I've not done any designing worth putting in a portfolio (or even really letting anyone look at) in quite some time, I decided to work my way through creating a template for my blogger page. I spent several hours on it, and although it certainly isn't ready to be launched into the ocean of information technology and design, I feel a sense of accomplishment and pride in my professional development that seems to have eluding me for quite some time.
Sometimes those little trips into the depths of "why the hell did I think I wanted to do this - or that I'd be any good at this anyway?" turn out to be a good thing - pushing me out of my comfort zone into the realization that I need to keep growing or my view of myself will not be a forgiving one.
Also, I just want to say - if some really rich person somewhere wants to gift me with an M15 Alienware laptop with all the trimmings, or the full Adobe CS5 Professional Suite, I wouldn't say no. *sigh* Ah. Pipedreams. :)
Realizing that I've not done any designing worth putting in a portfolio (or even really letting anyone look at) in quite some time, I decided to work my way through creating a template for my blogger page. I spent several hours on it, and although it certainly isn't ready to be launched into the ocean of information technology and design, I feel a sense of accomplishment and pride in my professional development that seems to have eluding me for quite some time.
Sometimes those little trips into the depths of "why the hell did I think I wanted to do this - or that I'd be any good at this anyway?" turn out to be a good thing - pushing me out of my comfort zone into the realization that I need to keep growing or my view of myself will not be a forgiving one.
Also, I just want to say - if some really rich person somewhere wants to gift me with an M15 Alienware laptop with all the trimmings, or the full Adobe CS5 Professional Suite, I wouldn't say no. *sigh* Ah. Pipedreams. :)