My Creative Workout

Traveling Outside My Comfort Zone

After working from home for two years, my comfort zone turned into a restrictive bubble without me realizing that it was happening. A vacation trip to England is what it took to finally wake me up to the fact that staying secluded in my office day after day was having an insidious impact on my mental health.

I work remotely in an office space in our garage that’s separated from our house. This allows me to be in solitude for large blocks of time. Being an introvert, this has been a form of heaven for me. But after two years of working from home, my world had shrunk down to a radius of only a few miles. Days were going by without me ever leaving the driveway.

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Turning Drawing into a Side Hustle

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Getting paid to draw is something that never really entered my mind before. Even while on my streak of 100 straight days of drawing, I never really considered turning drawing into a side hustle. I realize that there are thousands and thousands of artists out there selling their work and many making a significant living at it. However, I’ve always struggled to call myself an artist, likely due to a severe case of impostor syndrome. This is probably the primary reason that I never really considered selling my artwork as a realistic option. That limiting mindset is slowly being shifted.

Suddenly Laid Off and Trying to Stay Creative

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I was recently laid off from my job at a company I worked at for over twenty years as a result of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company let almost fifty percent of the workforce go as part of this layoff. Similar layoffs have been happening everywhere. I truly sympathize with anyone who has suddenly found themselves without a job as a result of this pandemic. I can honestly say that it left me reeling.