I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about how I can get more accomplished in my daily life, especially when it comes to making art. I recently read the book Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin and had a suspicion that out the the "Four Tendencies" that I am an Obliger. After this brief Twitter exchange with the author herself, it became even more clear.

Brief explanation of an Obliger from Gretchen's book: meet outer expectations, but struggle to meet expectations they impose on themselves

So taking this into consideration, I am trying to approach my day to day differently. Realizing that I am an Obliger and having that definition and awareness alone has pushed me a bit. If I think "well why don't I have the motivation to sketch tonight?", I know it is because no one is waiting for me to do a sketch, there is no deadline. I work better under a deadline. How do I work creatively under a deadline on my personal projects? I'm sure my various art director friends are great at this, but I need some help. I have been meaning to write and blog more, so there is an idea! If I create more, I can share it here. Two birds, one stone. I don't want to get too ahead of myself, so I'll start with this one idea and see how I do.

For now, I will publicly shame myself here and post photos of various ignored projects in my studio at the moment

I bought paint and pastel pencils Sunday afternoon with every intention on painting that night. It's now Thursday evening and I have yet to touch only the pastels for just 1 quick sketch.

This finished collage needs to be listed on Etsy, but it hasn't been done yet. I clearly need to vacuum this rug too...

I have no idea why this ball of fabric is laying on top of brushes and various items. Maybe as a reminder to go through my fabric stash to get ideas for a new piece?