The best of intentions can only get you so far.
The past three years have seen many of my best intentions in many areas fall by the wayside. University came out on top at every turn, and then summers were spent travelling, a departure from real life. But often the best antidote to idleness is a deadline. Expectations and deadlines snapped me out of gripping inertia during university, but to the detriment of other pursuits.
This xmas I set myself a task, to break out of the lethargic end of year party mood, and design a set of card presents. The deadline, xmas eve eve, saw images finished and printed out, to be received two days later in a different state.
Great work isn’t bred solely from talent. Though important, natural talent coupled with focus, concept and revision appear to breed the best results. Dormant talent is as good as useless.
With these thoughts I overcame feelings of worthlessness about the work I produced, revised and reworked until the results morphed from grimly bearable to fitting, polished and somewhat beautiful.
With this experience in hand, I am searching for the next deadline to further assuage laziness. Now I just have to adapt this to other areas of my life… maybe next years resolution.
