I am trying really hard to find it right now. My consulting work has picked up, but still seems to happen at random times. My personal life is well... a little crazy. There are a lot of things going on that I am not going to get into on here, but it's very stressful. And then, throw in trying to run my other start-up business... and I'm way off kilter.
I'm not sure how to find balance right now. I am currently taking things as they come, but am not really making much headway on any front. Is it better to schedule and partition things so that everything gets attention? It might be, but the demands of both my personal life and my consulting work aren't scheduled very far ahead of time. Overall, I feel like I'm doing a poor job of everything. Nothing I do is getting my full attention because I am always thinking about what I have to accomplish elsewhere as well.
How do you find balance between work and your personal life?
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Featured Artist Friday #7
This week's featured artist is lots of fun. My favorite thing about her is that she lives on a boat. Yup, you read that right, she lives on a boat. How much fun is that? She works in many mediums and produces a variety of wonderful things. Check her out!
Name: Kirsty Waight (but also known to many as "Pink")
Business: Little Floating Craft Co
Website(s): www.littlefloatingcraftco.folksy.com, www.facebook.com/littlefloatingcraftco , www.littlefloatingcraftco.blogspot.com
Tell us a little about yourself?
I'm now officially closer to forty than to thirty and have been a rather poorly creature for the last eighteen months or so as I seem to be allergic to myself and have baffled the experts! Other than that I'm a pretty chilled out kind of character (unless you don't pick the mat up off the floor after you're done showering!) and I absolutely adore living on the boat my husband and I built. My family and friends are the most important thing although health reasons stop me from seeing them as much as I'd like.
What do you do?
By day I manage an office for a small pharmceuticals company, and really enjoy it too, but the rest of the time I'm making very classical vintage styled jewellery, altered card crafts, clocks, textile gifts.... anything goes as I have a short attention span and flit from medium to medium
Where do you get your inspiration?
From looking out of my windows and hatches. The flora and fauna around the boat is stunning and always provides something to attract my interest!
Who has been one of your biggest influences?
My mum, most definately. She too has always worked with many mediums and never shied away from trying something new.
If you could have dinner with one person from history who would you choose and why?
My darling dad. I would love to show him some of the kind words from people who've seen my work, as I know he would be as excited as I am. I miss him constantly as anyone else who's lost a parent will I'm sure understand.
Anything else you would like to add?
I'm always interested to hear if something in my work inspires someone else to follow a path and create something that's off their beaten track! And it's always great to hear from anyone else who has craft on the brain all the time too!
Name: Kirsty Waight (but also known to many as "Pink")
Business: Little Floating Craft Co
Website(s): www.littlefloatingcraftco.folksy.com, www.facebook.com/littlefloatingcraftco , www.littlefloatingcraftco.blogspot.com
Tell us a little about yourself?
I'm now officially closer to forty than to thirty and have been a rather poorly creature for the last eighteen months or so as I seem to be allergic to myself and have baffled the experts! Other than that I'm a pretty chilled out kind of character (unless you don't pick the mat up off the floor after you're done showering!) and I absolutely adore living on the boat my husband and I built. My family and friends are the most important thing although health reasons stop me from seeing them as much as I'd like.
What do you do?
By day I manage an office for a small pharmceuticals company, and really enjoy it too, but the rest of the time I'm making very classical vintage styled jewellery, altered card crafts, clocks, textile gifts.... anything goes as I have a short attention span and flit from medium to medium
Where do you get your inspiration?
From looking out of my windows and hatches. The flora and fauna around the boat is stunning and always provides something to attract my interest!
Who has been one of your biggest influences?
My mum, most definately. She too has always worked with many mediums and never shied away from trying something new.
If you could have dinner with one person from history who would you choose and why?
My darling dad. I would love to show him some of the kind words from people who've seen my work, as I know he would be as excited as I am. I miss him constantly as anyone else who's lost a parent will I'm sure understand.
Anything else you would like to add?
I'm always interested to hear if something in my work inspires someone else to follow a path and create something that's off their beaten track! And it's always great to hear from anyone else who has craft on the brain all the time too!
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