Illustrative Journal 001
What's going on with me? Some meandering thoughts whirling round my head this week that I thought I would journal and illustrate.
I’m thinking of expanding my offer and skillset as a creative solopreneur
Growth and pivoting is good, but I do wonder if my aspirations as a business are just watering down what I do already? Still, I want to grow and sustain what I love to do as a profession. Could delving into Webflow or Framer be it? I think it might. I already offer web design but to build websites too would be an amazing skill to learn and offer. Every business (big or small) needs a website and I have always loved the design part as the work can combine everything a creative like me could want… from interpreting a brands identity, to typographic hierarchy, to using iconography, illustration and photography. There’s a steep learning curve to climb ahead… but here goes!
I took some time off with my girl
I’m off work this week. This is BIG for me as I don’t really take time off. But anyway, for the first part of the week I stayed in an American Airstream caravan in the middle of a field in Cornwall with my girlfriend. It was a very windy time though that didn’t deter us from using the hot tub. The hosts decorated the van inside with lots of flamingo themed trinkets, furniture and cutlery. Random I know, but kind of cool as the same time too!
I saw a man in a t-shirt
Big news I know… BUT… it was what was written on the t-shirt that was important. There was a St Luke’s Hospice, mans-day-out event here in Plymouth and a guy had a t-shirt on with a hand written note on the back which read, “Living with cancer: 3 years, 6 months.” As I walked on, it got me thinking about how life is precious and how many years I have left. Also, how will I go exactly? Normal stuff to think about but right now, not important. By the time I got home I was feeling surprisingly positive about being in the here and the now. That I am lucky, that I know of, to be healthy, happy, doing a job I love with no massive great worries to really worry about in life.