Hey Crew!

Welcome back! How are you guys been doing? We are in the last two weeks of August already. I have no idea where the time is going. Someone go tell Father Time to slow his roll. Sweet, buttery, milk biscuits it feels like there is no time left. The struggle. I have a love/hate relationship with time. The worst invention in human history is the keeping record of time. Anyways, sorry for the negative thought train, lets get back to the show.

Mind Over Matter

You all know I am terrible at keeping a schedule. Luckily, because of corona, I have had no 9-5 and a lot of free time. But I am still struggling on procrastination and productivity. It is a curse that I have always had, because I convinced myself that I make better work when I have no time to play around with things. I can’t keep doing that. I can’t keep waiting til the last minute and barely get by. That is not a good work ethic. So, I have to change that mind set.

It takes 28 days to form a new habit. I can’t wish for things to change over night, and I know that. I have to convince myself that this is my new 9-5. I maybe at home and have a ton of distractions, but I have to change that. With school work coming and possible client work in the future, I can’t waste any time. I want my art career not an art hobby.

In other words, I have to really schedule my days out. I have to be consistent and stick to my schedule like super glue. I should probably get a planner that breaks things down to the way I want it. For my brain, I can’t rely on digital calendars and schedules. For some reason, I forget things way easier and never look for my schedule on my phone. There is something about handwriting and a physical book that makes everything click.

After getting a planner, I am going to seriously let my family and friends know that they can’t reach during the hours of X and Y. I have to treat this like a job now. I can’t just get up and go help do chores or go out and about whenever something comes up. Just cause I am home doesn’t mean I have time to do anything else. I have to be treated like I am away at a job and can’t leave just cause. Please respect that of me.

So it is going to be a mind over matter type of deal. It is going to be hard for just me, myself and I to get used to things, and I am going to need the people in my life to respect that. I am at work. I am doing my job. Things can wait. My new mantra is “I am at work, I will get to have fun after the day’s work”. I just have to train my brain into recognizing that. It takes 28 days to form a new habit. I can do this. This is my dream. This is what I want out of life. This is my career. This is what I love to do. I can do this.

Thank you for listening to my little rant. I am so glad you guys are here with me. You keep me going and plowing through. Thank you. Please stop by tomorrow for the next Fan-Art day. You are going to see what made me fall in love with the moon. See you all then! Remember to stay safe and to stay sane.

Until next time,

Suzanna 🌙