I Hate Work but Love Rockets
May. 25th, 2009 08:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rocketsofrubyThe word "work" is toxic for me. If I feel as though I have to do something, I am automatically less inclined to do it. It's bad enough that I must force myself to go to my day job, but to force myself to work on a project that I started in order to enjoy the skills I put so much time and energy into learning is just sad.
Hence my realization that Rockets of Ruby can not be—at least in the short term—a second job. While it is technically a business, I have decided that for the sake of my sanity (and in order to keep the moment I step into the parking lot shortly after five the best part of my day), I am going to approach Rockets of Ruby as something of an expensive hobby.
Only after having this epiphany, I started work on my visual identity. Earlier this evening, when I started thinking about kerning Caecilia's beautiful letterforms and refashioning my rocket logo, I just couldn't resist. That intrinsic motivation is a beautiful thing, and not something I wish to stifle with timelines or the thought, I should....
That being said, having my first line of Christmas cards ready to go in time for the St. John's Fine Craft & Design Fair in November would definitely be ideal.
Hence my realization that Rockets of Ruby can not be—at least in the short term—a second job. While it is technically a business, I have decided that for the sake of my sanity (and in order to keep the moment I step into the parking lot shortly after five the best part of my day), I am going to approach Rockets of Ruby as something of an expensive hobby.
Only after having this epiphany, I started work on my visual identity. Earlier this evening, when I started thinking about kerning Caecilia's beautiful letterforms and refashioning my rocket logo, I just couldn't resist. That intrinsic motivation is a beautiful thing, and not something I wish to stifle with timelines or the thought, I should....
That being said, having my first line of Christmas cards ready to go in time for the St. John's Fine Craft & Design Fair in November would definitely be ideal.
