When it rains it pours
I have several blog posts sitting in drafts waiting to be edited. However, everytime I sit down to the computer there are way too many other pressing tasks so I haven’t gotten to them.
I’m working on websites for 3 nonprofits, a portfolio site for myself, 2 logo designs, just finished a newsletter layout for my grandparents, specs for a website for my dads company, and coming soon – marketing materials for two charity events and branding for a small business.
Before we moved here, I probably did 1 or 2 projects a month. Since moving here, the projects are literally raining down and I don’t see an end in sight! I’m realizing that I have to evaluate each project carefully. The paying gigs are few, and there’s the whole “being a wife and mother first” issue, so just cause I’m doing it for free doesn’t mean it’s not still work, and taking me away from what I believe is my first priority.
I enjoy my profession immensely, I love the creative outlet, I love that there is an infinite learning curve and I have bajillions of new things to learn to do what I do better. As long as I keep up with the curve, I’ll always have a profession, whether I need it or not. I know not many women can say the same, especially women without college degrees, like myself. I can be a hobbyist if I wanted. Or a serious “up to my eyeballs in Pantone” designer. If I wanted.
So I guess let it pour…I’ll sort my plate out as it fills up.
By the way, I was just blessed with a great deal on adobe CS4. I went with the production suite cause It had more value, but if I can swing it I’m going pick up the design suite too cause I really need indesign and playing with adobe’s web products could be valuable In the long run.
I’m pretty stoked about it. Like, I’m jumping up and down, in my mind. I’m grinning from ear to ear, you just wouldn’t know by looking at me. I’m screaming like a little girl, without sound. Only dogs can hear me.
That’s me, in the corner sitting completely motionless and expressionless, being excited about something.