Productivity

I've been thinking about productivity a lot lately; what it means for me and how I measure myself. We are all so different in how and what we place value upon in all areas of our busy and multi-faceted lives.

Through July and early August I planned a break from creating art and to focus instead on spending time with my big sis who was staying with us and in any spare moments to revamp my website and update products (prints, cards etc) - making sure they feature on the site with workable links etc. Also hoped to review my pensions, maybe sketch out a few ongoing ideas, write some email updates on KIT here and do lots of intentional social media posts....and fit in the day job too of course!

It strikes me that adding time with my sister to a mental list should maybe trigger an alarm bell or three? What do you think? Genuinely would love to hear how you manage to separate spending time with people from the other stuff that needs to be done?!

Being a list maker and planner means I have a 'creative' list, an 'admin' list and a 'home-life' list written or whirling around my head at all times and of course they merge at times. Happily, my current 'fails' are:

• Finalising the new page for prints/ cards on the website (work in progress!)
• The pensions review...well that was a tad optimistic for summer evenings!
• No sketches to date but next on the list
• Very little on social media and...
• This is my first email update in far too long...

My productivity 'successes' hinge around time with my sister and getting a good overhaul on the website almost done - is it plenty for 6 weeks or so?

I hope so; we can never get time back with our favourite people and as a family we had some great days out, a fab long weekend away in Devon and much chat and laughter together before she headed back home to the Cyprus heat.

Hoping you have had a productive summer so far in all the ways you have planned and hoped for whether you list them and reflect on them or not!

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Warmest Regards
Deb