Time for action

I need to get off my duff. It's probably my worst trait. I start getting motivated I get going on a project. I get part way through it, aaaaand... I stop. My momentum gets derailed.

There are a number of reason why I stop, but once I stop I find it difficult to get the motivation going again. The project atrophies, and eventually becomes a dusty trophy on the "look what you didn't do with your life" shelf.
 
I need to stop this. I need some sort of inspiration, or motivational project. I am thinking of coming up with a personal design challenge. Something that says "Do something, Silly."

Now lately, I have been tired and trying to take care of my emotional well-being, but I am at a point where I need to start doing something with my life again. Something that will make a difference. If not to the world, then to my family. They need a happy daddy, and a happy daddy is a creative daddy.

So I have a list of things that I want to do:
  • Take some time once a week to do some designing
  • Keep current on design and web development blogs
    • Stay current on web and design trends
  • Start collecting art again, and bring my kids into my world
  • Take some time to just sketch for no reason
  • Paint. Move away from the computer, and practice my craft in a physical medium
  • Redesign my website to incorporate all the new things I've learned
A few projects that I'd like to finish
  • Penny board - an interactive mobile chore chart
  • WordPress Menu, and Restaurant Theme
  • Mr. Bloodpop short
This looks like a lot of work to do, but I figure it will take me a year to make this a lifestyle change.

This probably means that I also need to put away the laundry.

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