Time
June 23, 2008 | Personal, whygod
Something I lack.
For the last month, I’ve had no time in which to complete some things that I really want to get done. Sadly, my priorities are all messed up. Well, alright, not messed up, but due to their arrangement I’m forced to put things on the back burner.
Content for this site is pretty much bottom of the list at the moment. I have a bunch of great ideas for the site, but I never have the time to sit down and write said things. I know it may not seem like a lot, but it takes me on average two hours to write a content post. I read and re-read everything far too many times, and tend to fret over whether something sounds the way it should. I personally feel that anything you’re posting to the Internet should at the very least convey something about you.
Shoddy workmanship is not something I wish to convey. As a result, I’m unwilling to pull an article out of my ass and present it. It’s not what I want, and I feel that anyone that takes the time to read my site should be given something worth reading.
To give a run down, I’ve been amazingly busy at work recently. One of my co-workers opted to move on with his life, and so the responsibilities that he left behind have to be re-distributed. The opportunity has fallen at my feet and I’ve had little choice but to pick it up, shoulder it, and move on. I’ve ended up managing two projects, and found myself both at work earlier, as well as leaving later. This is not a habit I wish to become accustomed to, and I’ve made myself clear about this at work. I’m grateful for the opportunity, but I’m making sure that they know it is not a career path I wish to follow for longer than is required of me.
Despite my statements, they feel I can do the job, and do it I shall. This means that I’ll have to spend whole days with the clients, which will land me getting home at 8 or 9 at night. This eats away at my spare time, and helps ensure that anything I want to get done, doesn’t. Hell, I even had to re-arrange a dental appointment because of this, and trust me when I say that cavities are not something you want to leave alone.
Beyond that, I’ve been working on the new site layout, résumé, and portfolio. This has taken a good portion of my time, because there’s a great deal of care being put into all of it. I stated before that I don’t want to put anything out onto the net that I didn’t feel was representative of me; this is no different. My website is an extension of me, and as such should be representative of myself as well as my abilities. Editing pre-made Wordpress themes are fine to begin with, but when you’re trying to become a graphic designer, it really doesn’t make much sense.
I’ve got the résumé done except for some minor standards work. I’ve designed the new site layout, and I’ve just started on the markup. The portfolio has been thought up, and now it’s a matter if getting a design I’m happy with. These have taken me way longer than I would have liked, and I’ve only had time at night (an hour before bed every other night) to work on these. The whole operation has been done in moonlighting-mode for the past two weeks.
I also had to make sure that my first client, who will remain anonymous for now, was happy with the work I did. This resulted in my having to change a couple things with the forum, layout, and coppermine installation I performed for him. I could usually only do this at 11 at night, when it was otherwise my time. Once again, this eats into my personal productivity time.
One also cannot forget the girlfriend, who I must spend time with. I don’t get a lot of time with her what with her being in school most of the year (one more year though, and this statement can change), and so any timeI do get with her is precious. My evenings are usually spent with her, and so I’m not even getting home until nearly 11 pm every night. This too cuts into my personal productivity time, which in turns pushes everything back.
So as you can see, I’ve got a lot of things to deal with, and site content is probably the least important part at the moment. It sucks, but that’s the way it is. I’m hoping that I’ll be able to bring my laptop with me on my business trip (Jesus Christ I’ve got a business trip) and try and get some of my personal designing work out of the way. I’m also hoping I can get the last two Doctor Who books of the Timewyrm series out of the way so that I can at least think about some massive 4 story review epic.
Until things settle down and I get some of my personal projects done, I won’t be able to keep up with my old Monday, Thursday routine. It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that there aren’t enough hours in the day, and I needs my sleep.
