It seems to be an increasingly laughable trend in my life (and not just in regards to blogging): Whenever I resolve to do something, the exact opposite thing seems to happen. This isn’t out of lassitude or in spite of myself, I’ve narrowed the problem down to my thought process and how scattered it can be at times. My need to write about all sorts of things, big and small, often outweighs the fact that I had a single, initial point I wanted to get across from the get-go. Couple this with the fact that, after eight hours of working on web sites, I have no inclination at all to stare at my home computer screen and there’s the recipe for less Andrew online presence.
This kind of thinking spills over into my other walks of life as well. I get very excited when I think about taking up a new film project or site design, but I want to take it in so many directions that I inadvertently inspire a need to sit down and organize it all. When I think about what will actually have to go into any kind of medium-to-large-scale production, I immediately get sullen at the beginning steps which need to be taken, my least favorite part of any project: the planning stages.
So, this year, I’ve taken route of trying to make adjustments to the “core” of myself in the hopes that it will filter out to all of my other facets that I like to hold in high esteem. For instance, I’m resolving to work on my planning and organization. I know that this will require a calendar, so I’m hooking it up with iCal on my computer to get larger projects or goals organized into tasks that seem less daunting. I think this will help me out with things like design and film projects. I can block out days or hours for conceptualizing or getting together with a group of writers, take it one step at a time, then see it through to the end.
In the beginning and the end, it’s the little things. Adjust the little things and expect big change.
So little to say and so much time… Here goes something….
My name is Andrew to everyone who knows me and nothing to the people who don’t. I rarely feel inclined to write about myself and this small text blurb is no exception. I’m a film maker, of sorts. A designer, of sorts. A musician, of sorts. A photographer, of sorts. An armada of etceteras march behind these four generals.
The point I’m trying to make is that I enjoy art in all of it’s forms, and try my best to creatively express myself in every medium I take a liking towards. As always, things like life get in the way of being a non-stop idea factory, but that life is something that I’m thoroughly enjoying at the moment.
It consists of my beautiful girlfriend who I am very much in love with, a job that pays me well to do work that I would otherwise be doing for free, and a family and friends that I wouldn’t trade the world for. It’s safe to assume that I’m walking on air/over water/atop mountain peaks (pick one… hell, pick all three).