Life/creativity update
Nov. 12th, 2022 07:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
potofsoupSo it turns out that working constantly really tanks one's creativity, who'd have thought? Looking back, I think I've really struggled to find time to draw and make stuff this past year and a half partially because Miss Rutabaga started school.
I genuinely thought, back in August of 2021, that Miss Rutabaga starting school would mean more time -- "whew, she's a thinking, talking, independent human who can pee on her own, we're onto the easier part now," I thought, and also "hey, it's awesome that she's now going to the school where I teach, which offers free aftercare and morning busing for teachers' kids."
Turns out what's happened is that Miss Rutabaga and I leave the house at 7:15am and get back home at 6:15pm, which includes a 90 minute round-trip commute and 10-ish hours spent at work, working. By the time I get home, I am so peopled out that I just want to hide and decompress for an hour, and after that, I'm just completely out of creative energy. (not to mention the 5 hours I spend on Chinese School stuff on weekends, plus the little bits of grading that make its way home.) I think the tl;dr of this is that I should really work less than 60 hours a week, and ideally less than 50 hours a week. But ... I can't figure out how to do that. So: not a lot of energy left for creative stuff.
:/
I did draw a comic over the summer about an anglerfish, which, once I put the anthology together, I'll be able to share.
I've also done the requisite research for my Tape vs. Hurley comic, so what's next is finding a nice chunk of empty time to do the layout for the comic.
I also have about 5 different wips that are all ~80% done, so instead of signing up for any holiday events, I'm going to see if I can carry any of these wips to the finish line by January.
In the meantime, twitter is imploding in hilarious ways, and I am giving tumblr money for moving in the right direction, so that's pretty awesome. (And the midterms are turning out much better than expected, which has helped with J's mental health, which then helps with everything around the house.) :D
I genuinely thought, back in August of 2021, that Miss Rutabaga starting school would mean more time -- "whew, she's a thinking, talking, independent human who can pee on her own, we're onto the easier part now," I thought, and also "hey, it's awesome that she's now going to the school where I teach, which offers free aftercare and morning busing for teachers' kids."
Turns out what's happened is that Miss Rutabaga and I leave the house at 7:15am and get back home at 6:15pm, which includes a 90 minute round-trip commute and 10-ish hours spent at work, working. By the time I get home, I am so peopled out that I just want to hide and decompress for an hour, and after that, I'm just completely out of creative energy. (not to mention the 5 hours I spend on Chinese School stuff on weekends, plus the little bits of grading that make its way home.) I think the tl;dr of this is that I should really work less than 60 hours a week, and ideally less than 50 hours a week. But ... I can't figure out how to do that. So: not a lot of energy left for creative stuff.
:/
I did draw a comic over the summer about an anglerfish, which, once I put the anthology together, I'll be able to share.
I've also done the requisite research for my Tape vs. Hurley comic, so what's next is finding a nice chunk of empty time to do the layout for the comic.
I also have about 5 different wips that are all ~80% done, so instead of signing up for any holiday events, I'm going to see if I can carry any of these wips to the finish line by January.
In the meantime, twitter is imploding in hilarious ways, and I am giving tumblr money for moving in the right direction, so that's pretty awesome. (And the midterms are turning out much better than expected, which has helped with J's mental health, which then helps with everything around the house.) :D
