I’ve been trying to trace back when this started & why I have no weekends. I practcially have no weekends. Â Well, if I legitimately do, I start getting guilty. Â I’d bring my laptop or any pending work where Ponggo & I will be going. Â (More often than not, I end up being unproductive). Â I also find myself lying down & staring at the ceiling only when I’m sick–at which point I get more stressed because I can’t do any work!
So I was thinking, since when did I become a robot whose only source of fulfillment is getting work done? Â I guess it started when I was in grade school and it was World Youth Day (Please don’t Google the year…A lot of you might not have been born yet!). Â Since we had a week off from school, what our teachers did to fill in the long vacation is to give three assignments per subject. Â Then it went on: we had assignments on weekends and tests on Mondays so we were practically not allowed to enjoy our weekend unless it was summer. Â Well, as much as I’d like to change it, I must admit, that helped me in college because even if we only spent a short time in school, our readings & projects practically ate up all our waking hours–even precious ZzzZzz time!
Years later, I still have the habit with me. Â I would tell myself,
“Don’t reply to that work e-mail on a Sunday”.
“Don’t work on any pending files”. Â
Then, on weekdays, I suddenly feel depressed, empty or both looking back at the weekend that did not exist and the vicious cycle goes on! Â I guess I’ll never be able to break this habit? Â How about you? How do you handle your weekdays & weekends?
Help!
XOXO,
Tipsy ♥
Meanwhile, here’s a portion of what I’ve been up to not just weekends but weekdays & weeknights as well! 😛 I’ve been really blessed with two kind & considerate brides this month.  They also happen to love purple.  I must admit I was partly pressured to make these two purple on purple invites distinct from each other.  Then I realized, I can’t really fight it: Pantone has already declared that Radiant Orchid is the color of the year and I shall be seeing it on the rest of the brides’ motifs this year for sure!
Above is the invite for Arman & Tal. I always get dizzy before starting with an invite.  I always think, “Do I have to paint? Will I make it handmade or not?” I realized I’m letting myself open to a number of options, I guess I will be sticking with this style for a while with handmade + watercolored elements. 🙂
Here’s the animated Save the Date version for Wesley & Peony. When Peony sent the final text for her story book (which I will be revealing at another time), I got teary eyed. It’s a long distance relationship & they made it work–you could really see the effort from each party! *Gasp!*
Anyway, to those who are interested in making me teary-eyed, please send your love stories as well as your invite and animation inquiries to ponggo(at)googlygooeys(dot)com.
Love,
Ate Charo (Whuttt???)
hi! i don’t know what exactly you do for work but you’ve been a huuuuge creative inspiration to me! give yourself a break unless you find work therapeutic haha
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