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journalsandplanners2022-03-29 09:12 am
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Comment to tell us about what you've been up to with your journal, planner, or other stationery related items. Tell us about a new pen or a coveted notebook. Consult the hive mind with a problem you've been having. Post a picture! Whatever goes as long as it falls in the realm of journals and planners. Remember, you can always make your own top-level post, too!
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I think I will be able to open and decorate my planner without crying once I finally figure out what the hell is happening with my taxes this year. Even opening it to see gentle goals like "Just print out the forms" or "Just do a rough draft" has been making me anxious.
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I hope things improve!
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What items just get moved from week to week and not crossed off? LOL
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Choice paralysis sucks. :( There are various ways to deal with it:
https://personalexcellence.co/blog/analysis-paralysis/
They all boil down to finding ways of reducing the stress and effort of deciding. That's something to do later, when you can look at your stash without feeling worse.
One of the main ways is just to reduce the number of choices, but you can also randomize choices, which can work quite well in crafts. Fashion has the capsule wardrobe, which can be designed so you cannot clash it, like "Whatever's Clean 13." The same concept could be applied to a journal by purchasing (or selecting from current stock) only things that go together, so you could just grab whatever and it would work.
>> I think I will be able to open and decorate my planner without crying once I finally figure out what the hell is happening with my taxes this year. Even opening it to see gentle goals like "Just print out the forms" or "Just do a rough draft" has been making me anxious.<<
That definitely sounds like overload. Setting aside non-urgent projects until later is a good first step. If possible, time to rest or have fun should also generate more energy while you're working to get taxes out of the way. By the time you're at the "gentle goals are too much" stage, it's a very short fuse to burnout, which makes recharging a priority.
I hope things do lighten up after taxes.
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Very sensible.
>> until one/any of the CPAs I've contacted get back to me. Might just have to file for an extension if everyone's too busy to help me right now. <<
Yikes. Good luck with that.
>> In which case, it might be another month or more before this gets resolved and I can't not paint all that time.<<
My sympathies. I certainly couldn't go without writing for a month.
Painting has an interesting option, though. Have you ever tried working with a limited palette? There are a bunch of versions, and I found them fascinating to browse while researching for writing purposes.
https://www.liveabout.com/limited-color-palettes-for-plein-air-painting-4078002
https://www.watercoloraffair.com/why-use-a-limited-watercolor-palette-and-which-colors-to-choose/
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Since I work digitally, I can reuse palettes I've already mixed and enjoyed... indefinitely. :D The premixed ones have a much wider gamut since they're built around my favorite colors (I have many), but they're in a way more restrictive since I don't tweak them from painting to painting the way I tweak primaries.
(The actual interpretation of CMYK varies by subject matter. Luckily, this isn't really a thing that requires a lot of decision making. In this most recent study, you can see there's no greens so using a cyan would have been worse than useless and it was therefore a no-brainer to use an ultramarine, which would give me richer violets in the shadows.)
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That's awesome.
I'm a big fan of color studies. I love seeing a whole bunch of them laid out so you can compare how the different color choices look. This is a favorite set of examples:
https://mitchalbala.com/getting-the-light-right-the-power-of-the-color-study/
>> Since I work digitally, I can reuse palettes I've already mixed and enjoyed... indefinitely. :D The premixed ones have a much wider gamut since they're built around my favorite colors (I have many), but they're in a way more restrictive since I don't tweak them from painting to painting the way I tweak primaries. <<
That certainly saves effort, and should help make your body of work more cohesive.
>> (The actual interpretation of CMYK varies by subject matter.<<
Agreed.
>> Luckily, this isn't really a thing that requires a lot of decision making. <<
\o/
>> In this most recent study, you can see there's no greens so using a cyan would have been worse than useless and it was therefore a no-brainer to use an ultramarine, which would give me richer violets in the shadows.) <<
That makes sense. The picture is just beautiful.
I like looking at different palettes for particular purposes. For mammals you need mostly earth tones. For seascapes you need more blues, greens, and grays. For flowers you need earth tones plus brighter colors.
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