Parenting in the Creative Industry, Pt. 1: Staying Centered, Finding Support & More
Like clockwork, I’ll be finally hitting a groove in scheduling our Design*Sponge content, or maybe I’m in that glorious writing sweet spot where all the right words are coming together, and it happens. At the peak of my productivity crescendo, interruption slips in and abruptly halts my train of thought — my six-month-old will wake […]
Like clockwork, I’ll be finally hitting a groove in scheduling our Design*Sponge content, or maybe I’m in that glorious writing sweet spot where all the right words are coming together, and it happens. At the peak of my productivity crescendo, interruption slips in and abruptly halts my train of thought — my six-month-old will wake up from her nap crying, or my three-year-old will be tugging at me for a snack. These are, admittedly, the tamest of examples as both of my girls can need any number of things from me, and often at the same time. And since I work from home these examples may be specific to my own working-parent life, but I don’t doubt for a second that others in the creative industry still bring their work home with them in some capacity. It’s in the nature of what we do. From artists, to designers, to photographers, to novelists and small business owners, we work in fields where we never truly turn off our “work mind.” Working within creative avenues, it is often our passion that our work centers around, and passion isn’t something you can just switch off or r...
Like clockwork, I’ll be finally hitting a groove in scheduling our Design*Sponge content, or maybe I’m in that glorious writing sweet spot where all the right words are coming together, and it happens. At the peak of my productivity crescendo, interruption slips in and abruptly halts my train of thought — my six-month-old will wake up from her nap crying, or my three-year-old will be tugging at me for a snack. These are, admittedly, the tamest of examples as both of my girls can need any number of things from me, and often at the same time. And since I work from home these examples may be specific to my own working-parent life, but I don’t doubt for a second that others in the creative industry still bring their work home with them in some capacity. It’s in the nature of what we do. From artists, to designers, to photographers, to novelists and small business owners, we work in fields where we never truly turn off our “work mind.” Working within creative avenues, it is often our passion that our work centers around, and passion isn’t something you can just switch off or r...
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