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Keeping it together

Have you ever seen the sun look this predatory?

Sometimes, my full-spectrum studio lighting is not a good thing.

I tend to spend a lot of my waking hours at my studio table. I work on art here, and I keep my laptop here, so I’m pretty much here whenever I’m at home.

If I’m watching [...]

That was NOT decaf

I went to Peet’s Coffee before my art class tonight and ordered a small soy-milk decaf dark chocolate mocha.  Yes, OK, I’m one of THOSE people.  It was evening, I have trouble digesting milk, and if I had my way the chocolate wouldn’t have had sugar in it at all.  So sue me.

Anyway, [...]

I Hate Disruptions

When I was a sophomore in high school, we used to joke about our American History teacher’s compulsive habits. If you moved the stapler, the three hole punch, or the pencil sharpener even slightly out of alignment, he would immediately notice and put them back. For awhile we tried moving them [...]

How to Use Gmail Calendar

In case you’re not up with the gmail these days,  it’s a free, web-based e-mail system with unlimited storage that is run by Google.  One of gmail’s many (many) features is its calendar, which you can tweak to your heart’s content.  You can create as many calendars as you want — for home and work, [...]

Creating a chore schedule

Last week I wrote about making up a gmail calendar schedule, but as you’ve probably already learned, it isn’t enough to just get yourself a gmail account and open up the calendar feature.  You have to create a schedule, and then you have to notate it in a way that makes sense to you.

For example, [...]

so very tired

I don’t know what it is, but I’ve been sluggish the last few days, and today I’ve just been exhausted. Maybe it’s the days getting shorter. I definitely felt better when I was working in my studio with my full-spectrum lighting.

Today I was supposed to spend an hour on chores, a few hours [...]

Time Management, Day 3

On Monday I sat down and made myself a new schedule on my gmail calendar.  Have I mentioned how much I love my gmail calendar?  I’ve got it set to give me reminders via e-mail, SMS, and pop-ups at various times.  I also have nice color coding of my activities:

My gmail calendar