CelidahD

I've been thinking lately. Agonizing, really. Agonizing over having too many hobbies & pursuits & not enough time to do or become good at anything. Feeling guilty & continually frustrated at the lack of time, & feeling foolish about promising myself & others that I would get back to it. (Looking at you, dA "updates" for the last two years.)

I realized that the only practical way for me to stop the guilt & frustration was to start choosing. Choosing what pursuits are closest to my heart, letting go of the pursuits that aren't so close, & then committing to those pursuits that make the cut. It's not easy to admit that one can't do it all. It's not easy to let go. But it's a necessary step, & in the end, I know I'll be happier with what I choose.

Confession: digital art & writing aren't that close to my heart. It's not that I don't enjoy them. Well, I don't even enjoy writing that much, to be perfectly honest--at least not longform writing. Flash fiction's fun, though. But I have other pursuits that I enjoy much more--gardening, building trails in parks, songwriting, & playing mountain dulcimer. Making cards would be a little farther down the list from those, but still above writing & digital art.

So I've made the choice to let go of writing & digital art. Or rather, to let go of agonizing over not writing & making digital art. That means that I probably won't be actively posting anymore on dA. I still very much enjoy the artwork of the artists I'm Watching, & I'll keep my dA account, at least for now, because I still want to follow those artists. And I'm sure every once in a blue moon I'll make a card or a piece of art I'll want to share here. But I'm not going to make any more promises of getting back to posting soon or worry about pursuits I can't make time for.

Thanks for the kind comments, the llamas, & every time you people out there noticed & liked my sporadic work. Keep creating. I'll be cheering you on.

Captain Obvious here to tell you that Everyday Vignettes is now officially going on another indefinite hiatus. I'm in the process of upgrading to a new, faster computer & life is coming at me in all directions right now. I will take up short fiction again, perhaps not on a daily basis, but right now I have to admit to myself that some things have to go until I can work in a regular commitment.

I absolutely hate being one of those on-again-off-again creators, but it kinda looks like I've done that anyway, huh? Anyway, I'll still be occasionally checking into dA, & I'll build up a buffer in the stolen moments I have in the upcoming months to write.

In the meantime, I will enjoy reading & seeing all of your work. Sometimes it's the sole bright spot in my day.

Until we meet again, keep creating.

So here's the good news: I have a new freelance contract that will earn me more monies (glorious monies!), and DH all-but-officially has his own job offer nailed down.

Here's the bad news: my schedule has been thrown into crazy-go-nuts land, and it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to settle into a new routine for a few weeks.

So, for those of you who actually Watch me (oh, faithful few!), this means that the Everyday Vignettes will be delayed just a little bit longer. Let's say no more than a week. I haven't abandoned dA and the Everyday Vignettes project entirely. I just have to find a new normal and work my hobby back into that.

Hang in there, kids. And keep creating!

My friends run a creativity blog at The Spare Room Project, and I was asked to write a guest post for them about Everyday Vignettes. So I did! The post is here for your reading pleasure! I had a great time doing it, and it was so nice to be part of my friends' burgeoning project.

I apologize for how sporadic the Everyday Vignettes have been lately. I've been traveling quite a bit these last few months to spend time with family and old friends. I don't generally do the vignettes when traveling, so there you are.

Thank you a hundred times over to all the readers and especially the artists who have taken the time to read my little stories thus far. Every positive comment and fav I've received has been both blessing and encouragement to keep the project going. This really has been good for me on many levels, and it's made writing fun again.

Also, thanks to the Everyday Vignette project, I'm going to be featured in a guest post on a blog! I just sent off my post to the blogger today, and I'll let you know when it's published! So that's cool and stuff!

Keep creating, dear readers. This world always needs more art.