I knew this day would come. Enough snow dropped to cancel my plans for Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, but since I telecommute, I missed nary a day from work. In the long run, that’s a good thing since I’d much rather use my PTO for actual vacation and appointments.
I’m so used to exercising that missing two days in a row felt like much longer than that. At least I enjoyed working on a long-term digital illustration project. I finished the latest one and started the next. About the only silver lining for being snowed in.
At this rate, it’ll take me several years more to complete this project. After all, the better I get at making the illustrations look better, the more time it takes to complete them. Nonetheless, worth it.
I have this dream that as soon as I finishing studying for my pharmacy tech license, I’ll have more time to work on those remaining illustrations. In reality, smaller creative projects always present themselves such as my occasional podcast episodes and my desire to make short films. Especially animation.
On the horizon, I’m going to be the sound effects tech for a play that one of my cousins has written for our family reunion in June. I’m sure that the closer we get to the performance, there will be more of a time commitment.
Then, once I return from my trip-of-a-lifetime to Ghana at the end of July, I’ll be preoccupied with capturing that experience in a series of creative products. Probably all digital since I don’t have patience with handicrafts these days.
Not that I’m really complaining. Juggling creative projects is the primary reason I’m seldom bored. My only stoppers are not having “enough” time and money. As usual and yet, I continue enjoying an interesting life.
Actually, it could be worse. I could be one of the laid-off employees who work in DEI or have prosecuted the insurrections or the president. Those politically affected people have more time on their hands and no job security. May they do something positive and creative. Amen.