Tag: work

Ugh!

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So. I am doing work, which is making me happy. I am doing drawings, videos, t-shirt ideas and all, and I can upload none of it. Technical issues always happen when I have to get work to possible clients. -.-

So you might guess, from my cheerfulness, my internet router has still not appeared, mostly because of issues with the mail, but its still frustrating. Things always happen at this time of year, when things are so busy. I have lost all hope of getting my router before christmas, and that really bums me out.

It makes me wish I wasn’t so reliant on the internet. Because if I had other ways to update my portfolio and things, I would at least feel all my work was counting towards something. So I have decided, I am going to try and make my CV more interesting, because I am going to start handing it out in the new year. I need to get something more, as having my main job working in a call centre is slowly killing me. Its not that I hate the job, its more that I know its not what I want to do forever.

Some Kind Of Second Wind

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I am actually motivated.
*shock*

I have been doing some designs for t-shirt designs, and I’m so excited about them. Mostly because I haven’t had a real feel of any creativity in a while. Just little bits, here and there.  But this is something solid. Well, more solid than anything I have been doing.

The last few days, forcing myself to go into work in awful conditions, when there is no thanks or appreciation for it. It makes me feel like I have no real purpose, and nothing would change whether I was there at all. It’s making me feel rather depressed, to be honest. So, rather than sit and mope about it, I am trying to use the bad job help motivate me into something better. Something for me.

Because, I don’t know about you, but when I was younger I never pictured myself working a crappy job in a call centre. *shrugs* So, I am working on some spiral-things, because I am trying to design a princess tiara (don’t ask), and it’s harder than I thought it would be. -.-

But yeah, 2011 is gearing up to be a good year.

Cancelled Due To Unforseen Circumstances

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That is all everything is today. **CANCELLED**

I don’t know why, the truth is that if people battled on, the snow on the roads and paths would stay more manageable. I walked to work today, because I was due to start in ‘El Call Centre’ at 11. So I got up early, and left at 9.30, so I could walk to work and get there in plenty of time. I did this, not because I’m a fitness addict, but because I knew the buses would be called off. Because too many people are not experienced in driving in bad weather, they make the roads useless and other users can’t find any grip with their tires.

Anyway, I ambled into work at my own pace, and made it in plenty of time, and was pleased to see that the car park was relatively busy. So I came in, spoke to some customers, who, for the record, were so nice. And now I have a 2 and a half hour wait for my other shift to start.  That’s the thing, if I am able to get extra shifts, I end up spending too much time (and money) in the canteen, trying to kill some hours. I’ll tell you something, it was so much easier to waste time when I was at college and had impending deadlines. *hee hee*

Anyway, as soon as the snow started falling, the schools started closing and everything, once again, ground to a halt. To be honest, the snow wasn’t that deep, it was just a fresh covering. If people did keep moving and looked after one another, then there would be no closures, no problems. But I guess that would involve some kind of awareness of those around you, and I don’t think many people have that.

On a cheerier note: Today on the way to work I saw-

*1 broken down snow plow

*2 broken down buses

*1 out of service bus.

* An abandonned taxi

*3 annoyed school kids, who had been sent home.

*2 4×4’s who were unable to get up Castleland Hill in Rosyth

*An old woman on a bicycle.

*A man fall into a slush puddle.

And I made it all the way to work, without falling over. *HOORAY*

It Just Goes On It’s Own

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My imagination that is.

How is it, that I can be all inundated with creative thoughts when I am at work, but as soon as I get home and get stuff out, I have nothing. :/ This is something that has been happening for the last few weeks. And, if you have read this blog before, you’ll be no stranger to the fact that I don’t cope well with having no motivation.

I have heard that once you put too much pressure on something, it can become harder to do. So because I am trying to force myself to be creative, it is a lot harder to actually do. It was easy in college to blame the projects for my inactivity, but now I can do the projects that I want. I can design things in my own style. I should have this massive sense of creative freedom, now that I am freed from the boundries of education.

But I don’t. I just sit in my room and procrastinate about my failings in life. That is maybe how I am not so productive these days.

Procrastinate. That is the word of the moment. Because it seems to be all I can do right now. 😦

Busy Busy

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So I am working the next few weeks to try and get some more money. Try being the main word considering most of the ‘extra’ gets taxed of me. -.-

Other than that been pretty lazy. I have back ache, which I’ve had for a few weeks. So I have been acting like a bit of an invalid.

Meet Honey the hamster. She belongs to my sister, but I think she is adorable.

I’ve Been Workin’

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So been busy.

I’m at the point where I am half way through my website, which I am pretty pleased about. But I have been spending a lot of my holiday with friends and family, which is something I don’t often get a chance to do. But with me not going to college next year, I am aiming to use all my free time during the day to work on websites and other projects.

Due to my financal status, I am planning on using the next few years to do small scale work and get my business plan in gear. I hope that by the time I am in a better situation, I will be getting more work through the door. Because at the moment, it is hard getting enough work to properly start my business.

Luckily I still have the evening job, so that has made the situation of earning through my work, not quite so bad. And it is also allowing me to take opportunities, such as working towards blog sponsorship (which is a possibility) in the coming months. I am also in a position, where I am working towards showing in an exhibition next year, which would be awesome.

So things are moving, and the next year or so will be deciding the best way to move further. Exciting times in the life of Sue.

Riot Graphics’ Progress

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After months of being static in where I want to go, with my work. I am now offically starting Riot Graphics as a business. 

I know what you’re thinking, ‘so what have you been doing this past year’. Well, to be honest, I have been trying the name out, and seeing what people think of it. And it has seen some good feedback and interest. Also, I have been at college *cough*. Seriously, I have. 😛

What has started this, is that the clothing store I was in contact with, has contacted me saying that whilst they like my designs, they are not going to be able to print out the designs themselves. So, this means that I would have to pay for printing and send some prototypes, so that they can see what they look like.

To get these prototypes, I am going to have to order them from an online source. Which involves me sending them the designs, and them printing them for me. Ideally, I would love to screenprint them, but that is not going to be workable, given the amount of time that I have. Which is not very much, at all.

So, I am starting work on my business plan, and am going to start pricing up different resources which I will need. A business plan, shows what your company is, and where you expect it to be within the next year. You need to estimate turnover, and sort out taxes. It seems very complicated, and after reading over things, it seems like it is complicated. But you know what, the prospect of people paying for my work, is my motivation for this. I am so ready for this, can’t bare college for another year.

Big wheels keep on rollin’…

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Aye, so there’s been no updates, due to crap internet, and crap me, being too busy to 😛

Its approaching 1am and I am doing college work. Shocked? So am I.

But seriously, I am seriously close to just bombing this course because I haven’t been bothered by anything the last few weeks. Which has just lead to me being a very stressed out Sue. *sigh* I do this every year. 😦 I wish I had more brainpower sometimes. It would be handy, for when I decide to go and watch videos rather than do college work. *She says as she blogs away*

I am an obsessive person, so things such as vlogging and blogging got in the way of me doing actual work. *sigh* But, again, I can’t blame anyone but myself. I either work slowly, or I stress myself out to the point, I just stare at the PC, completely devoid of emotion. 😦 It’s no good, like.

Anywho gonna put on SLC Punk, and do work when that is on. I have stuff to print out, and scanning to do. And stress lines to deepen across my forehead.  Wish me luck.

Today is Notsome

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I am stressing. Again!

I have stuff due in for Gillian, from the first semester, where I went all stupid, and didn’t hand things in :/

I also have to hand my Graded unit in for marking next week. The developement is where most of the score comes from, and do you want to know how much I have done? Absolutely sweet FA. 😦

It’s all my fault, I have been total uninspired over the last few days. Also next Thursday, I need my first animation finished, and all the paper work done, like my storyboards handed in, again, this is not done either.

So stressing out about that, and I come into work, to be told that my manager will listen to a few of my calls. 😦 I hate that, it makes me feel like everything I am doing will be scrutinised.

I suppose that needs to be done.

Hopefully I don’t fuck it up too much. ButI know me, and I probably will make a complete disaster out of it.

I wish I was at home.

I <3 Monday

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Today is a good day.

As in the best day I have had in aggggeeeessss.

A while ago, I submitted t-shirt designs to a few shops and online. Just because I hate the idea of stuff I like, lying around doing nothing, so I just sent them off in a PDF to see what would happen. Well a company (not going to name names incase it goes tits-up) in Edinburgh, got back to me and were intrested about purchasing the designs to sell. Also a company called threadless, have emailed me to say there is a real chance they could be selling two different designs.

*SSSQQQQUUUUEEEEEE*

I am so happy and hyper and generally I am a big shouty mess. I am so excited. Even if this doesn’t go well, I at least have some experience at meeting actual proper clients. I don’ t think I have ever been so excited, and so proud of my work. If I wasn’t at work I would post something, but I am at work, your not seeing anything.

Alllssssoooo, been asked to contribute to a new Scottish Punk fanzine which is starting in the next few weeks. Which will be so much fun. I am getting some MP3s sent through via email to review. YAY!

And I am going to write an article to be submitted for Sky’s internal customer service newsletter. I don’t know whether that will go through.

ANNNNNNDDDDD, I am writing a 10,000 word fiction for a competition.

And that is all without even touching my college work.

I don’t know the meaning of over-work obviously.