It’s been a week or two since my last post and from that I’ve had some time away from the hobby which in reflection has been good. When thinking about what to say in the opening paragraph my mind automatically went to apologising and I could leave this part out but that’s not why I started this blog to be polished and well kept.
(No photos this post just a word dump)
As if I was under some ideal upload schedule and putting expectations on deadlines, without getting too sidetracked this post will be short (some foreshadowing?) as I’m on my break at work.
So what have I been upto? Well, I started by cleaning up the hobby desk and left that in a completely fresh reset state. That tends to help me when I come back to sit at the desk, I’m sure I am not the only one who can’t operate if my space is not organised and clean to a capacity. And after that I saw the trailer for Season 2 of the Fallout TV Series and went and bought New Vegas. It’s been about a year and half since I booted up the Xbox and have got about 18 hours in? And I think I’ve only just reached Novac, classic side quest and explore time spent well.
Besides New Vegas I picked up “Wuthering Heights” again, I only got a few chapters in when I started it last year and have been slowly taking my time in reading that too. The HardPose challenge also started on the 1st of September led and hyped up by the incredible Jackson (@Hollowbodies_13 on insta), I set myself a goal of sculpting every day for an hour but in reality I altered my sights to committing an hour of hobby. If you want it to happen you can make time for it but sometimes life just sucks it out of you.
But as of today Monday the 8th I’m feeling recharged for a better week and month with September as the weather is gradually warming up, meaning I can get outside a bit more comfortably. But for my time with the hobby for the rest of the year I am going to slow down and create and make with less of an agenda and “make art for arts sake” but in the capacity of the hobby. I say that as I have consistently been committing a large amount of time to the hobby for nearly 12 months and by slowing down I hope that it will assist in reducing burn out, and that shit sucks when it falls into your lap without realising it’s there to stay.
“I’ve always said if I was to write songs for myself I would not write with an agenda” - Josh Pyke
A quote that pings around in my head whenever I fall into the unrealistic expectation realm
MUSIC THIS WEEK/WEEKS:
Jake Bugg, Jake Bugg
Fallout 4 Radio Playlist on Spotify
Of Monsters and Men, My Head is an Animal
Hilltop Hoods, The Calling
Boy & Bear, Harlequin Dream
Josh Pyke, Feeding The Wolves
