It's exactly three weeks since I left Ireland for three days in Madrid. Crumpled tourist map and iPhone in hand, myself Eve and two friends set out to discover the city. When I left the office I was convinced that this holiday was what I needed. A well earned holiday after a hard lead up to Christmas and hectic start to the new year. And usually it works. The minute I leave work my brain clicks into gear, ideas flows one way as stress flows the other, the fear of dying on the plane forces me to distract myself with creative thoughts, and I return to work ready to take on the world again. It didn't happen.
So in an effort to kickstart my tired brain I committed to finishing my book on learning HTML and CSS. Several hours later, after making my first online survey (sexy I know), I felt proud that I'd learned something I always said I would. And that's when I realised how hard it is to be a "doer" and not just a "thinker". The idea of learning HTML has been floating around my head for several years, but I've never sat down and just learned it. Hundreds of ideas sit in notebooks; ads, illustrations, products that were rejected or dismissed by me or clients. I tell myself I'll go home and work on personal projects and end up in front of the TV. I think more than I do.
So what am I going to do about it? I'm not to sure yet but I'm going to try figure it out. All I know is that coding the worlds simplest website gave me the best feeling of creative satisfaction I've felt in a very long time.
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