procrastinators unite!

…tomorrow of course.  I have a tendency to wait until Friday and cram 3 days worth of work into a day. The rest of my week gets sucked away by meetings and other “emergency” type situations and I allow it because I just keep thinking, “I’ve got friday.”  I’ve realized that when I do that my creativity and productivity is compromised. It becomes acceptable to skimp by on certain details that I would have never let fly on Monday.  I wind up having a “gotta get it done” attitude which has to be one of the biggest enemies of excellence.  I feel like I take the wind out of my own sails a lot of times, I may have a great idea but because I wait until the last minute I don’t give the idea the time that it deserves.

“Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.” – Alyce P. Cornyn-Shelby

I’m beginning next week with plan and a purpose (that sounds like the procrastinators pledge doesn’t it) and I’m going to protect my ideas and creativity from being sucked away for any “good” reason.

one font to rule them all

Check this funny video out about the most common font used in Movie trailers, posters, and DVD covers. You may not know what Trajan looks like, but I guarantee you’ve seen it over and over again.  It made we wonder how many fonts we over use around here… ummm probably a lot.  Check it out here. 

reading list

I’m a terrible reader, not in the sense that I don’t read good, but in the sense that I’m slow and have a fear of commitment.  I typically get about 3 to 4 chapters into a book then ditch it because I’m bored (my ADD kicks in).  But one of my goals this year is to read a little more, which means 5 to 6 chapters of about 5 books (up from 3 in previous years).  Here are the top 5 on my list and hopefully I’ll surprise myself and read even more.  (any suggestions?)

Also, I am starting season 1 of Lost tonight, so I’ve got a lot to catch up on before Jan 31st (season 4 premiere). um probably not much reading going to happen between now and then… so much for new years goals.

Currently listening:

this is marketing

Manhattan is getting simpsonized today in celebration of The Simpson’s DVD release.  Check out the details here. This is pretty amazing.

cool design

This was the iStock design of the week from a couple of weeks ago, and its pretty cool.  Turns out this is by a church thats only about 25 miles from me.  Small world.  

…that place in us that never ends

Check this article out on Think Simple Now (a great site by the way)… its 9 Ways of Cultivating Creativity.  Here’s a great quote from the article…

There is no such thing as “Being more creative“, you ARE already a creative being. But, you can practice to become more in-tuned or aware of that creative energy surrounding you, all the time, of which you have unlimited access to.

amazing desktop art

I came across this site a while back and thought I should share with everyone… it’s called desktopography.  It’s an exhibition of desktop artwork all of which is free to download.  Check it out they are awesome.  

reading suggestions…

I came across a few great books hidden on my shelf that I haven’t seen in a while, if you’ve haven’t read these you should check them out.

The Creative Habit – by Twyla Tharp
Which I have blogged on before… here, here, & here.

Addicted to Mediocrity – by Franky Schaeffer
This is an older book, hopefully a lot of you creative guys have read it, but if not you should.