Kelly Gibbons, artist and writer, about me

Tuesday, June 29, 2004

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle

It's funny how fast I slip back into old habits if I don't think about it. Somehow, work has seemed to become a priority again because I let it. And I'm not talking about the writing work or the art work. I'm talking about the other freelance work -- the one that actually pays at the moment.

Is this work important? Yes, it serves it's purpose. It provides me money, it's fairly easy work, and it allows me to work at home. The woman I freelance for is wonderful. She is very easy to work for, she gives me as much work as she can, and she always appreciates the work I do for her. I want to continue with this work while I'm slow in the other areas, but, still, that is no excuse to neglect my other work.

I haven't really written or draw anything in a long time. I post hear, but that isn't what I'm talking about. It seems like I'll I'm doing here is a day to day accounting of my life. That's not the kind of writing I started out to do. I want to be a freelance writer. I want to write articles and stories, and someday I want to write books, I don't just want to be a blog writer. Not that there is anything wrong with that. It's just that I want more.

The only way I'm get going more is by doing more about it, by making art and writing a priority. This is hard for me. I still have that cling to that mentality that the job that pays real money is more important. It isn't.

I will still have to do that work for now, but I will also have to make a real effort to make writing and art my number one work priority. By this I mean making time for them everyday just like I make time to work everyday. Even if it is a half hour of real effort in these areas (seriously, that is more than I'm giving now). I say I'm a writer and an artist, and I talk about being a writer and an artist, and I talk about what I want to do as a writer and an artist, but I don't really do a whole lot about it. And that is very wrong.

Right from the beginning I knew this kind of behavior wouldn't get me to my goal, but it is very easy to slip back into the groove. I was in that groove many more years then I have been in this creative groove, so it is no wonder that I slip back there from time to time. But, it is a habit, and habits can be changed. It will be hard -- have you ever tried to quit smoking, that's hard too, but it can be done. And once you break a bad habit you are usually left wondering what took you so damn long.

P.S. There's a new cartoon at SunnyK Kind of Day!

posted by Kelly @ 6/29/2004 06:43:00 AM

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