I have been working my ass off. For the last 2 months I think I averaged more than 60 hours of studio time per week. Now I’m sick and I was so wrapped up in my work that I didn’t notice it coming on. And I can’t help but think, that if I had been paying attention, I could have kept myself from getting this bad. I could have drunk preemptive cups of tea or something..I feel awful. My eyes burn and it hurts to swallow. At least I don’t have a headache…yet.
Feeling this crappy has reminded me of the need for balance, though. Obviously, I can’t work ten hours everyday and expect to be healthy. Physically or mentally. I could spend every minute of everyday for the rest of my life making art and never satisfy half of my creative urges. That makes it hard to remember that other aspects of life are important too. I haven’t been giving myself the chance to recharge or enjoy other things. Like cooking, knitting, playing with the kitties or even having sex. How twisted is that! Getting myself out of the studio is like pulling teeth, let alone making myself leave the house. But for now I’m not going anywhere, except into the kitchen to make another cup of tea.
9:14 am on February 23rd, 2010
I am glad your hubby is so understanding….or at least I am assuming. You never say anything negative…obviously since its none of our business…but its nice to know you have a hubby who supports you working soo damn much. My hubby supports me when it comes to making things and I love that soo much about him!
Take a good break and get better soon!
P.S…don’t forget about the sex lol!
6:51 pm on February 23rd, 2010
Beth , you need to pace yourself.
10:53 pm on February 23rd, 2010
That’s the really tough thing about running your own business – learning to switch off and “go home”. Take some time, feel better, get settled in your life again, recouperate, re-connect with your husband, have some good sex!
Holly xx
2:58 am on February 24th, 2010
*hugging Beth*
9:24 am on February 24th, 2010
Hope you feel better soon!
11:29 am on February 24th, 2010
1:21 pm on February 28th, 2010
Yes us artists do tend to forget to “turn it off”. I hit a wall myself this week. Sounds like we have the same bug. I don’t know if you can take it but Thera Flu saved me. Especially the nighttime one! Fell asleep knitting again last night. My boyfriend had to take my knitting needles out of my hands in bed so I wouldn’t stab him during the night! Yea, that will put a damper on anyone’s sex life! LOL
Feel Better Soon!!!!
Melani
5:09 am on March 3rd, 2010
Hi Beth,
I know I am not very talkative even though I have been following your work on Flickr for a long time now. I thought I’d sent you a quick message since I made my finished my first amigurumi based on your book, if you fancy seeing pictures of little Nelson he is posing over here : http://perlipo.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/meet-nelson/
I hope you feel better !
Take care,
Perlipo
9:34 am on March 3rd, 2010
Thanks for the note, Perlipo. I am feeling much better now
I just visited your monkey. He is great. I really love the pose of him lying on his belly with his hand on his chin. Very expressive!
9:50 am on March 3rd, 2010
Yes I was quite surprised actually he turned out very expressive even though I used buttons for his eyes… Thanks for your visit !
8:12 am on April 2nd, 2010
Hi Beth! I just wanted to drop you a quick message. I received your book yesterday, I been meaning to buy it for a while and I have to say I luv it! Thank you for sharing. I been crocheting since I was a little girl (but far away from your art) I´ll keep you posted on how the amigurumis turned out. So just wanted to let you know I´m a big fan! please keep it up, hope you are getting better and thank you!