It Came From the Todo List

My personal to-do list is too long to fit all at once on my phone's screen. That's a new problem for me. I am less worried about boredom right now and more worried about burn out. Right now, I am reminding myself that I need to intersperse the fun items with the work-ish items. I like projects, but 15 decent-sized projects is a little ridiculous. If you hear me talking about taking on another project this month? Smack my hand and say "Bad Jer!"

Despite all that, I'm headed out tonight to play board games, or perhaps because of. I need to build in fun times for myself. Last weekend, I did nothing but watch Illustrator tutorials and I think that took its toll.

It's times like these that make me wish I didn't have a day job. Unfortunately, I don't think I have enough freelance work possibilities to quit my day job quite yet. But I am considering that as a possible long term goal. Maybe I should just dedicate myself to being a designer and stop with the writing for a while. Writing is not really showing the potential for income that design work does, but both skills need about the same level of commitment and work to take my proficiency to the next level. If it was just about money, it would be a no-brainer. To a certain degree, it is about time, which has a preciousness to it that I always underestimate. I think I have some difficult choices ahead of me.