lofty goals

i'm a big fan of lists, guidelines and goals. if i give myself something to achieve, i go out and give it my all. so, every year, i *attempt* to change my life for the better through somewhat ridiculous aspirations and ways of measuring my "success" at changing my life. usually, that takes the form of Project 365 - a fun thing i found out about on photojojo a few years ago, where one takes at least one photo every day for an entire year. i have tried to do this for 4 or 5 years now, maybe? and i always get to about february or march and it stops happening for some reason. i'm still gonna give it a go this year (i'm doing well so far!)(not so hard to do though, considering we're only 9 days in haha) but i like to keep that to myself, since some of my days, i like to be a little more private (don't we all?). i just feel like my life still needs to belong to me and if 'everyone' could see my days, it'd be strange and a bit embarrassing...

ok, i'm rambling here. the point is, i want something that i can do every day that i can share. there are lots and lots of ideas over at 365: Make Something Everyday and i just ordered my copy of his book - 365: A Daily Creativity Journal: Make Something Every Day and Change Your Life! - so i feel like i'm on the right track. i kinda wanna figure it out before i dive into something that i completely won't be able to finish, but i'm mulling over the idea of just doing a painting/illustration of some sort, every day. if i decide to go that route, or any route, i'll be starting a new blog about it! woohoo! i wouldn't want to clog up this blog with all those paintings i may do and i would rather be able to see my progress in a sort of separate medium. so if that goes down, i'll let you know. and you can then wander over there whenever you feel like seeing my random visual musings. :)

besides all that, i also really want to try to draw in my sketchbook every day, (i succeeded at doing that for a whole semester while i was in college!) but this is more of a hope than an actual concrete project. sketching is good for artists to do. so i've heard ;) 

all these plans and i betcha i won't even make it to april! i've read that if you share it with others, that it's harder to slack, so that's why you guys get this rambling post (haha). but really, my goal in all of these efforts, is to become a better artist and designer. if this is my career, (and it sure seems to be by now) then i really don't think it's so much to ask of myself. 

ok, now that that's said and done - in other news - today, i made bagels! pictures coming soon! so proud of my lil breakfast creation!

back to brainstorming and procrastinating on the jewelry designs i said i was going to get to today!