Happy 2016!

(yeah I've been sick this year so instead of going out I stayed home and drew this. hehe. it was a lovely way to spend New Years actually.)

Oh my, oh my, it's been a while again, hasn't it?

Somehow I never make good on my promise to try blogging more regularly. Although it's fun, I like it. And I always laugh reading my previous posts.
It's difficult though to find the motivation to do this regularly, when frankly not all that many people read what you have to say and it takes you forever to write a proper entry and there's just sooooo many other things you can do with your time. :P

So..... 2016 huh? ... ... Man time flies.
So much has changed in my life since I first started this blog... it's crazy how time seems to just accelerate the older one gets and the things that life has in store for you that you would have never dreamed of a few years ago.

I'm pretty happy overall, because I'm well on the way to fulfil my dreams of becoming a kickass animator (still quite a substantial amount of years away, but at least I've got my foot in the door of the industry) except that I hardly ever get to draw anymore and I feel terribly out of practice.
I need to change that.

Let's see.. I suppose this is where the New Year resolutions come in, yes? XD
Usually I don't bother but I feel this year maybe I'll make an exception. There's a few things I need to figure out and change about my life. Get my shit sorted so to speak. Alrighty, here we go:

Resolutions for 2016:

1. Draw more. - LOTS more. Don't you dare go to bed before you haven't at least drawn one thing. No matter if it's silly or crappy or uninspired, draw at least one thing a day. Do not let yourself fall into the trap of inactivity again Jill! nonono, don't you dare.
2. Focus. - Focus on work, do the best you possibly can, give as much as you can without killing yourself and making the job un-enjoyable. May I remind you that you have BIG dreams and that you are one of the very few lucky bastards who actually get to do a job they ENJOY, so make the fricking most out of it. Stop procrastinating so much.
   Do a good job. You're doing ok, but you can do SO much better and you know it. Show them how much you want it. You know you can, all that's keeping you from it is yourself you moppet.
3. Get fit. - We've made a nice start already going to the gym twice a week since we started work, now let's keep it up, and maybe add a third day at some point. The goal is running up the 5 double flights of stairs to the cafeteria without breaking a sweat. And when I say running I mean full speed, knees up. We shall re-examine in 6 months, if you don't see any visible muscle tone change already you're not doing it right you idiot. And as a bonus motivator: wouldn't it be nice to have a super hot beach bod again for the first time since we were, like, 16? holy shit that's almost 12 years ago now. Seriously Jill, if you don't get your exercising habits going now you never will, and you'll end up an out of breath, fat, cranky, miserable 45 year old. We need to avoid this AT ALL COST.
4. Be thankful. - just... stop and remember how lucky you are, and appreciate all the things you have in your life from time to time. ;D I think I've not exercised gratitude enough last year, and actively thinking about all the things in ones life to be thankful for is not only a healthy piece of humble pie but also a sure fire way to make you happier in your daily life.

Voilà. That's pretty much it. There's more stuff I want to do or sort out of course, but a woman has to prioritise. :D And it's no use burdening oneself with one and a million things to do from the get go. Focus your energies. One thing at a time.
I'm not actually very good at that myself, I'm too easily distractable and I want to do and learn too many things and all immediately this second if possible, please, thanks. hahaha but I know that's the way to go.
If your head turns in too many directions all at once, wanting to look at and experience too many things at the same time, not only will you not get to appreciate a single one of the things fully but you'll most likely also get dizzy, loose your balance and break your face. Been there, done that. Metaphorically speaking of course.

With that, I shall leave you lovely people again on this 1st of January 2016,
Happy New Year! and may it be a wonderful one full of love and joy, as cliché as that sounds. We need it. Too much violence going on in the world right now. :(

much, much love,
in eternal gratitude
Jill