jan24: keeping up with routine
The only item on my list that I haven't gotten to so far today is laundry. We don't have a lot of it, but I ought to keep up this put-the-clothes-in-the-washer-when-we-happen-to-have-enough-quarters-and-the-basket-is-full so as to prevent having to do a bajillion loads. Maybe after this post.
It's been all-in-all a productive day. Reserving Mondays for cleaning, sweeping and swiffering gets the apartment feeling like it's ready for the week. Maybe it's the workout routines that have to do with it, too. I probably look like a ridiculous dancer when I work out, but it's helping with my confidence, and endorphins are a good thing.
I read through a monologue and went to a Peets and did some writing. It feels good to do those things. I already have a list of things I'm trying to do on a daily basis, but if I can add "reading one monologue outloud every day" and "writing a scene -- doesn't matter what for, and about what characters" to the list, then I'll really feel like I'm making creative progress. It'll be interesting to see how much of this I can maintain once I get back on the job-front, but I'm aware of this situation, and I don't want to take it for granted. Somehow, next month would be a good time to find another gig, on top of going to New York at the end of the month and finally (finally!) getting TGD out to fests.
I am insanely close to being done with it, and it feels...surreal. I've been feeling like I've been working on this project so much longer than my other ones, that to be almost done, yet not 100% there feels very, very odd. On one hand, I can't wait to be done. On the other hand, I'm thinking now what? I think I am ready to move on to the next endeavor though-- and that's why the monologues and writing exercises is a good thing. I'm feeling pretty good, creatively--less anxious than I was a year ago, but not so that I feel as if I'm in some drought. It's an exciting time, really. I'm going to just play around with a couple of things, be religious about dedicating myself to the crafts and their routines, and magic will happen. I'm sure of it.
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I found a cool graffiti wall on my way to Peets. Unfortunately, I'm not brave enough to do wide shots just yet when I'm outdoors, but I'm working on it. : )
Because it's mi madre's birthday, this is for her...despite the fact that it was really today yesterday over there.
It's been all-in-all a productive day. Reserving Mondays for cleaning, sweeping and swiffering gets the apartment feeling like it's ready for the week. Maybe it's the workout routines that have to do with it, too. I probably look like a ridiculous dancer when I work out, but it's helping with my confidence, and endorphins are a good thing.
I read through a monologue and went to a Peets and did some writing. It feels good to do those things. I already have a list of things I'm trying to do on a daily basis, but if I can add "reading one monologue outloud every day" and "writing a scene -- doesn't matter what for, and about what characters" to the list, then I'll really feel like I'm making creative progress. It'll be interesting to see how much of this I can maintain once I get back on the job-front, but I'm aware of this situation, and I don't want to take it for granted. Somehow, next month would be a good time to find another gig, on top of going to New York at the end of the month and finally (finally!) getting TGD out to fests.
I am insanely close to being done with it, and it feels...surreal. I've been feeling like I've been working on this project so much longer than my other ones, that to be almost done, yet not 100% there feels very, very odd. On one hand, I can't wait to be done. On the other hand, I'm thinking now what? I think I am ready to move on to the next endeavor though-- and that's why the monologues and writing exercises is a good thing. I'm feeling pretty good, creatively--less anxious than I was a year ago, but not so that I feel as if I'm in some drought. It's an exciting time, really. I'm going to just play around with a couple of things, be religious about dedicating myself to the crafts and their routines, and magic will happen. I'm sure of it.
...
I found a cool graffiti wall on my way to Peets. Unfortunately, I'm not brave enough to do wide shots just yet when I'm outdoors, but I'm working on it. : )
Because it's mi madre's birthday, this is for her...despite the fact that it was really today yesterday over there.