Monday, Monday...

the studio...where I'd rather be

The hardest day of the week. Hands down. It's the day when I head back to work and struggle to switch my focus from what I've been working on in the studio to my 9-5 job as a social worker.

It's not that I dislike my job. I work for a great agency alongside great people. While I don't get paid well (it could almost be called volunteering), I do get an incredible amount of time off (4 weeks vacation, 3 weeks personal, 2 weeks at Christmas, 1 week for spring break)...so you can see this job, since I need to have a job, fits well. I get plenty of time off to work on my art. Plus, I value what I do...helping others.

That said, it's hard sometimes focusing on work when my head is really still at the studio. Mondays are definitely the hardest. I keep thinking of what I was working on during the weekend and would rather still be working on.

I always think that I will spend weekday evenings at the studio, but it doesn't happen as often as I would like. After a day spent dealing with other people's issues, I just sometimes want to veg in front of the t.v.

So like a great number of other artists, I keep juggling outside work with studio time.

I guess it's a good problem to have.