Staying Sane and Working @ Home

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Monday, September 12, 2005

For the last week

I haven't really been at home and so I haven't been able to write anything in this blog. Too busy too. But now I am home to work intensely for two weeks solid. I had been given a contract to paint a mural at a school and due to the time constraints they had to postpone the mural. This leaves me two... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 2, 2005

Online Auctions

OK I don't think we are allowed to advertise or sell our stuff here. So I am not giving links to my own work etc. What I will do today though is blog as I get my gear ready for an auction. I will also critique other online spaces to sell as we go along over the next few months. I am looking for... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 1, 2005

Exercise & working @ home

Still thinking of ways to incorporate exercise into a working at home day. Tomorrow I will be painting and two traffic signal boxes. http://www.busywomen.com.au/composition.htm I have fixed the bike because that was the deal last week. (Slowly getting there.) I have the van and so I will put the... Sign in to see full entry.

De Clutter

I guess this will always be a theme. Using the time to declutter helps me to unwind and change the frame of mind I am in. It is a massive task at the moment as I must clear my shed and set up a fresh working area. Let's see what comes of it, Jo Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Getting ready

OK today is the day I wind down from contract work and get ready to go back to the comic book. So today I will ponder on what I will need to do so that I minimise interruptions. make sure I can eat well work out an exercise regeime and make sure other mundane work is done completely so that my mind... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 29, 2005

Out Of The Cage

This time 63 days ago I wrote these words.... "I am out of the cage. The question is where to from here? I love my life and the potential it holds." At the time I meant that I had given up attachment. Writing and illustrating for a living has (for me) meant that I had to give up attachment to the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Resentments

The question by Michael Angier... Success.net today is? "Have you ever given too much in proportion to what you received?" (Very abbreviated) He goes on to say that it is impossible to give more than you receive because the fruits of your labor will come back to you in ways that you couldn't have... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 27, 2005

Todays Agenda

Ways I can love today. Gratitude...Mother's Birthday lunch at Sizzlers. Patience...with myself mainly I am the tedious stage of the comic book and need to go slowly knowing others are waiting on me. Enthusiasm – I must keep mu enthusiasm up for this book - as it will be finished soon - it has seemed... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 26, 2005

Comic Book and Focused Bahaviour

OK. Today's agenda is to remain focused on the Comic Book all day with out becoming stressed, or scrunched up with back pain.This is the plan. Eat healthily. (I will cook roast pork with apple sauce and vegies.) Ride the bike (that I picked up yesterday) I can't swim as the Skin Cancer Treatment is... Sign in to see full entry.

Yesterday - Accomplished?

Make canvases for this afternoons workshops (Financial / career) Done They worked out really well. Very simple unbleached calico that had been left over from backdrops. They were already sealed by the other painting. I used a roller to sprad glue and simply glued the unbleached calico to old... Sign in to see full entry.

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