Greetings from the Netherlands
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@pisang Welcome! Glad you've decided to share your work mate. It's very reassuring to hear from folk who are working on their art while having kids. Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.
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Welcome Florian!
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@MarcRobinson It's reassuring indeed! Do you work with a schedule or just see how the week goes?
@ArtistErin Thank you!
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@pisang I have 2 boys who are 2 and 9 years so my days are quite full. I'm lucky to be a stay at home dad for the next year or so. I manage to get some artwork done for an hour during the day while the little one has a nap and maybe 1 or 2 hours on a night time. It's hard, but I've been pushing myself recently. How do you manage?
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@MarcRobinson Nice! I have a daughter of 4 and a son of 7. I have a parttime job for 3 days a week and reserve one hour a day for drawing no matter what. If I can manage more, thats bonustime
Also I have once a week the whole morning until 1 pm for myself and usually I spend that time on drawing. Now a days that feels as a real luxury!Last year I read atomic habits by james clear. That book really motivated me to practice on a daily base.
(Sorry for typo’s).
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@pisang my kids are 2 and four. I work three days a week as a teacher in a university of applied sciences course Environmental innovation (in Dutch milieukunde). Some parts of the term i can't escape overtime so my evenings are then erroded away. But mostly i try to get one or 1,5 hrs in the evening. On my days off twice a week when my son is in school and my daughter naps I manage an other hour/1,5 hours. In the weekend during days it's family time. So it is quite limited. Whenever im commuting or biking somewhere alone I listen to the podcasts. So it's slow going. Because i also take courses at svs within that limited time. When my youngest will go to school i hope to get more hours a week.
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@pisang that's great! All those hours will build up. It really is hard finding the time and energy isnt it?!
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@Chantal-Goetheer its definitely hard finding the time, and at the end of the day lack of energy is a thing too. Loving your determination!
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@Chantal-Goetheer Like @MarcRobinson said: It's reassuring to read that someone else is almost in the exact situation. Balancing life with kids, a job and finding time for yourself. I found/find the ages of 2 and 4 very tough, but at the same time (cliche to say) time flies. And maybe also cliche to say (haha). Enjoying the process of making and learning instead of only focusing on the end goal is most rewarding
Thanks for sharing!@MarcRobinson Finding that energy at the end of the day is indeed difficult at times. Binging a serie or play a videogame is always easier to pick when lacking energy
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@pisang Love the book Atomic habits. It definitely changed my mindset when I read it as well. Tiny changes to habits create big results in the future! Welcome to SVS. I'm pretty new too. It's great to see so many new people starting the journey alongside me. Loving the snake image and the evil mice standing their ground. haha. Might be a bit dark but I'm into it. Cool concept.
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@katsuds Thank you! His newsletter is also great! One of the few I actually read
