Tuesday, November 1, 2022 9:31 am
Hello, Faithful Readers, if I have any at all...
Good morning! It's November 1, which means TWO MONTHS left to 2022. Holy crap.
Alright.
Deep breath.
So, I'm going to try something here. I seem to have been floundering of late - and by late, I mean for several months it seems, arguably even a couple years - so I'm going to try and "re-set" myself, if possible.
Hell, it seems like I'm ALWAYS trying to re-set myself. Or re-group.
Or more to the point, I'm always trying to get my shit together. And this is yet another attempt, or perhaps just another step in a long on-going process.
9:46 am
Of course, I'm trying to do a few things simultaneously.
That's part of my problem, not focusing on one thing.
Anyway, I'm re-heating leftover Chinese food for breakfast; Chinese food on Halloween is a tradition in our house. Also, putting some things in the washer. Plus, I have to take care of some bank stuff, so i need to get out of the house relatively soon. Ugh. I want to/have to do too many things at once and I don't want to take the time to do any one thing.
Anyway, when October began I was very excited!
There are a number of art challenges for October, like, Inktober, Drawlloween, Jacktober (cartoonist Tom Scioli's tribute to Jack Kirby), and other invitations to draw something every day throughout the month. Every October I look forward to participating. And every October, I never follow through.
And alas, October 2022 yielded the same lack of results and follow-thru on my part, dammit.
So, now what?
Well, screw it. As I occasionally, and accurately, say, my motto is "Better late than never."
Although it seems like my motto is more accurately, "That's never happening."
Well, fuck that shit.
Embracing the idea that the process of making deadlines is a discipline that has to be developed, my first step is simply doing things, finishing things, actually following through on my creative ideas, and timeliness be fucking damned (for now).
Stating this out loud is part of that process as well.
Also, with two months left in the year, maybe I'll motivate myself to actually finish something before 2022 ends as opposed to just adding that idea(s) to my 2023 (or fill in whatever appropriate year) Goal List, like I usually do EVERY New Year.
Okay.
To be continued and updated with progress reports, either here or on my other blogs (but I'll let you know if that's the case).
Optimistically, desperately, and nervously...
Terry
