TGIF!

I missed my blog entry for yesterday, however I'm not sure if it would have made much sense.

I usually have problems sleeping, to overcome this I usually go to the gym since the added work load seems to level things out and actually make me tired at night. These days, working on projects seems to tire me out enough so that when I go home, I have no distractions and I just go to bed at a reasonable time. Wednesday night I had about 2 hours sleep (I'll go through why in a minute), still I went to college and attended all my classes (I hate to miss anything). Struggling through the day I went home, didn't stay late after school like usual, and fell asleep around 8 pm. This of course was a bad thing since I woke up wide awake at 1 am. On the upside I can come to school and get things done without anyone else around.

Anyway I know the reason why I don't sleep properly is due to worries about money. I would never, ever talk to anyone about these kinds of problems since I have always been pretty independent. I'm even hesitant to write this out here except I decided that I would use this blog to practice my writing and to get the things out that need to be said...only a few people read this anyway ;-)

However! Tonight when I wok up my mind started to go again and I think I have a direction (finally!). Part of my issue with working is that it doesn't advance my goals of working as a digital artist. I've been offered to work as a door guy in a bar (not my style or personality), I had thought to work at Sobey's grocery (but the money is so low that it hardly seems worth it). So I've been the "struggling student/artist" for a few months...

So the plan is to now try to do some things that combine my experience...start a company with a friend of mine. This company produce digital print banners, mostly it will be used for advertising anything from real estate, birthday celebrations, and billboards. However I think that this could also be perfect for artists to showcase their work in a reasonably priced, large format. This is an exciting prospect and I really need it to work out. Especially since this fulfills my idea of "working from anywhere" since most things can be done via the internet.

The next thing I decided what to make a book. Not really to "publish" but I can see the potential of understanding a product like InDesign, the best would be to make a magazine. I was toying with the theme...but I think it's going to be a book/magazine about me and my interests, plus I can put my work in there and use it as a portfolio...that must be good!

So that's the end of my 4am ramblings...hope it wasn't too painful for you ;-)