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June Deeds #creativedeed365


June has been one exhausting month for this doctoral student. Putting the final touches on my dissertation while carrying a full time job and remaining faithful to the daily #creativedeed365 was quite tough. And some days I dare say, the art got cut.

There is always remorse when I have to cut the art out of my day, and it is always a last resort measure. This month was jam-packed full of due dates and weekends spent on self-imposed house-arrest to get things done and turned-in on time. I cherished those 15-30 minute creative deeds (yes they take longer than you may think) on those days where all I did was write.



Like I mentioned last month I used only the pieces created for the 6 Degrees of Creativity 2015 workshops. Its been a huge change from my earlier deeds (January, February, March, April, May) and I must confess I struggle through the guilt of whether I should do more. Then follow-it-up with some positive self-talk about how if that's all I can give for that day, then that IS enough.


I've done better at documenting the cards right after I finish them even if I don't get to post them on Instagram until I have connectivity.

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I have a "batch" ready to go for July as that month will be starting with a bang and (at least for me) it wont slow down until August (graduation). I'm excited for this years conference in Minniapolis, glad to see some old faces and meet new ones. In the coming week I'll be traveling and spreading that back-log of #creativedeed365 everywhere I go. Of course that means I have to get a travel art kit ready before I hit the road.


I'll also be starting a couple other brief creative projects soon probably one to commemorate the conference like I did last year in July/Travel Journal and another that I'll keep secret for now (no sense in spilling all my beans just yet). I look forwards to blogging about them here once they are ready. So stay tuned.






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