Was invited to design the fellowship’s quarterly programme card, I took the opportunity to try out something like a newspaper cartoon subscription.
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Worked rather diligently in the last couple of days, finally sent off a small design project for feedback, hopefully the client will like the design and won’t require a lot of changes. That’s one problem with working in the design field – it’s rather difficult to estimate the time to be spent on projects as it’s largely dependent on the clients’ subjective opinion.
Also spent a few hours today and completed one of many change requests for a CRM system. Although I had been wanting to stay away from supporting that customized system, it’s a bit comforting to work on projects that are not subjective, slightly challenging, and paid reasonably well by the hour.
It’s probably a bit unrealistic that I hoped to finish all my projects at hand by this week. I’m satisfied that I’m now about 80% done on all my work at hand (there’s actually not much I can do until I get feedback from clients). Will take a little break from work tomorrow.
The temperature suddenly dropped from 2x degrees to as low as 14 degrees in the last couple of days. I was reluctant to leave my warm bed and resulted in getting up slightly late this morning.
With the relatively colder temperature and gloomy days, I was able to lock myself in the studio without worrying of being melted by the westerly sun. Perhaps the many years of spending cold winters in the Great North had trained me well, I feel strangely acclimatized and comfortable in this cold weather. The question about why I was brought back to this place more than 3 years ago popped up in my head again… What have I been doing in the last 3 years? It felt like I had been traveling aimlessly in a dim foggy forest early before the break of dawn…
Had I just wasted my 3 years away? I don’t know. Maybe it’s just the slightly depressing weather having its effect on me.
Oh God, please shine Your light on me once again, help me see more clearly Your vision, and let me strive each day with purpose and diligence.
Woke up relatively early this morning to start my Creative Monday. Finally finished and sent off the complete set of Powerpoint design for my church, but unfortunately, I didn’t have time to start work on another small freelance design project as I hoped.
Started a new painting tonight, this one is supposed to be relatively easier according to the instructor, hope I’ll do a more satisfying job with this piece.
Worked considerably hard for the past 3 days and completed and sent off a small website revamp project to be reviewed/tested. I should be on track to finish up most of my work before the end of the month so that I may spend more time in the coming holiday season with family, do some planning, and indulge in some creative projects!
There’s no fellowship programme tonight, I was thinking about spending the extra time to clear up more work, but after all these years of fellowships on Friday nights, I can’t seem to dedicate those few hours to do anything serious anymore.
Ran another 10k tonight, my 3rd time since last week. I recall that my legs were tired for close to a week after my 10K run last year, but now I seem to be able to recover in just 2-3 days. It’s good to see improvements.
I can now seem to consistently finish a 10k run, however, I can’t seem to get below the 60 minutes mark.
Sent off the final print version of my friends’ wedding materials design, and then completed another revision of my church’s PowerPoint template design.
Ended my Creative Monday with the oil painting class. Completed the first painting of the new course, had to rush through it at the end and the result was not as good as I hoped. Oh well, next week’s class is going to be a new start!
Completed my first 10k run this year (although unofficial), clocked at a little over an hour, 5 minutes less than my record last year. Still need to cut 5 more minutes in order to achieve my New Year’s resolution of completing a 10k run within 55 minutes.
Still hasn’t started work today, instead I’ve received and assembled a new office chair, slightly organized my studio, and tried to mentally adjust myself to fully engage to the upcoming weeks of anticipated busy work.
My devotion this morning was about spiritual gifts and whether I’ve put mine to good use at my work, one day I’m going to have to give God a full account of how I’ve “invested” the spiritual gifts He has given me. I’ve been thinking about this the whole day.
Finished up the PPT template design for my church, then finished the wedding material design for my friends after noting the minor changes over lunch with one of them. Finally, finished off the night with my weekly oil painting class.
Will be back to work tomorrow, I’m all prepared to spend extra time on my outstanding IT projects this week!
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