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« C r e a t i v e J o u r n a l 2020 »
Although writing is my main focus, creativity manifests in many forms - and I feel like sometimes it is easy to not account for creative energy that goes into other interests apart from your primary one. This thread is my attempt at tracking my different creative forms this year!
« January 1st »
• Quick journal entry about my aspirations for this upcoming year
• Quick journal entry about my aspirations for this upcoming year
« January 2nd »
• Digitized two stickers that Devyn designed so she could order them from Redbubble
• Created a phone background based upon "Into the Unknown" from Frozen II
• Created a new word count tracker for 2020
• Wrote for a bit
• Started this thread!
• Digitized two stickers that Devyn designed so she could order them from Redbubble
• Created a phone background based upon "Into the Unknown" from Frozen II
• Created a new word count tracker for 2020
• Wrote for a bit
• Started this thread!
« January 5th »
• Wrote personalized notes in thank you cards
« January 6th »
• Continued writing a personal article about my favorite shows of the 2010s
« January 8th »
• Brainstormed digital art ideas!
• Wrote personalized notes in thank you cards
« January 6th »
• Continued writing a personal article about my favorite shows of the 2010s
« January 8th »
• Brainstormed digital art ideas!
« January 9th »
• Began realizing some of those digital art ideas (sneak peek below, inspired by She-Ra and Tangled!)
• Thought about a new short story idea
• Began realizing some of those digital art ideas (sneak peek below, inspired by She-Ra and Tangled!)
• Thought about a new short story idea
« January 10th »
• Continued realizing digital art ideas – today's inspired by Frozen II, Tinker Bell (per @macylea13 's request!), and She-Ra!
• Detailed six ideas for analytical essays based upon the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra
• Continued realizing digital art ideas – today's inspired by Frozen II, Tinker Bell (per @macylea13 's request!), and She-Ra!
• Detailed six ideas for analytical essays based upon the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra
« January 11th »
• Continued realizing digital art ideas, specifically for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power! I have a few more plaids to make and then I will be sharing them all together!
• Continued realizing digital art ideas, specifically for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power! I have a few more plaids to make and then I will be sharing them all together!
« January 12th »
• Finally put up my wall grids! I had been putting it off for a long while, but they do really make our current apartment feel more like home to me
• Finally put up my wall grids! I had been putting it off for a long while, but they do really make our current apartment feel more like home to me
« January 13th »
• Conceptualized a few possible tattoo ideas - including one based upon all of the places I live during my life and another one inspired by Frozen II!
• Created a list of journal prompts specific to this current stage of life and my current internal ruminations
• Conceptualized a few possible tattoo ideas - including one based upon all of the places I live during my life and another one inspired by Frozen II!
• Created a list of journal prompts specific to this current stage of life and my current internal ruminations
« January 15th »
• Wrote a short prose piece contemplating the change between long-distance relationships and relationships where both partners are in the same place - which was not at all inspired by @catethecalvary being away for ten days
• Wrote a short prose piece contemplating the change between long-distance relationships and relationships where both partners are in the same place - which was not at all inspired by @catethecalvary being away for ten days
« January 16th »
• Updated my word tracker log. I started tracking my word count a few years back and then got out of the habit after graduating college, but I am trying to get back into it again!
• Updated my word tracker log. I started tracking my word count a few years back and then got out of the habit after graduating college, but I am trying to get back into it again!
« January 17th »
• Ordered pictures that my wonderful sister took of @catethecalvary and I - some of which I surprised Cate with, some of which I used to redecorate my space!
• Wrote two journal responses, both deeply considering the places where I want to live
• Ordered pictures that my wonderful sister took of @catethecalvary and I - some of which I surprised Cate with, some of which I used to redecorate my space!
• Wrote two journal responses, both deeply considering the places where I want to live
« January 18th »
• Added the aforementioned photos to my wall grids!
• Created plaid designs for the following She-Ra characters: Swift Wind, Queen Angella, Shadow Weaver, Light Hope, Double Trouble, Huntara, Mara, and Madame Razz!
• Added the aforementioned photos to my wall grids!
• Created plaid designs for the following She-Ra characters: Swift Wind, Queen Angella, Shadow Weaver, Light Hope, Double Trouble, Huntara, Mara, and Madame Razz!
« January 19th »
• Shared my She-Ra and Glimmer-inspired designs on Redbubble!
• Created a series of consistent designs with the She-Ra plaids and the character names, also in the show's font!
• Shared all of my She-Ra plaid designs in honor of Adora's birthday!
• Shared my She-Ra and Glimmer-inspired designs on Redbubble!
• Created a series of consistent designs with the She-Ra plaids and the character names, also in the show's font!
• Shared all of my She-Ra plaid designs in honor of Adora's birthday!
« January 20th »
• Wrote a journal response regarding who I could potentially reach out to regarding professional advice
• Wrote a journal response regarding who I could potentially reach out to regarding professional advice
« January 21st »
• Brainstormed and created a basic outline for a story I have had in my mind for quite some time about a newly single guy who learns how to be selfless through the unconditional love of his newly-adopted dog
• Brainstormed and created a basic outline for a story I have had in my mind for quite some time about a newly single guy who learns how to be selfless through the unconditional love of his newly-adopted dog
« January 25th »
• Invested some time into researching more tattoos, specifically related to Frozen II!
• Invested some time into researching more tattoos, specifically related to Frozen II!
« January 26th »
• Wrote two journal responses, one regarding who I could potentially reach out to for academic advice as I consider getting an MA and one regarding universities that I would be interested in studying at
• Revised my list of journal prompts
• Wrote two journal responses, one regarding who I could potentially reach out to for academic advice as I consider getting an MA and one regarding universities that I would be interested in studying at
• Revised my list of journal prompts
« January 28th »
• Through traversing the internet, I discovered the genre "dark academia" and "campus novels"! I spent some time doing general research on the genre, just out of interest and for the aesthetic pleasure!
• Through traversing the internet, I discovered the genre "dark academia" and "campus novels"! I spent some time doing general research on the genre, just out of interest and for the aesthetic pleasure!
« January 29th »
• Created a poll on Twitter to satisfy one of my curiosities regarding whether others have the desire to just move away and start again somewhere else https://twitter.com/thewonderings/status/1222574084199866368
• Created a poll on Twitter to satisfy one of my curiosities regarding whether others have the desire to just move away and start again somewhere else https://twitter.com/thewonderings/status/1222574084199866368
« January 31st »
• Began designing graphics for a Discord server that I intend to put together for twenty-something-year-olds who want to have a community to discuss the plights of being a young adult
• Began designing graphics for a Discord server that I intend to put together for twenty-something-year-olds who want to have a community to discuss the plights of being a young adult
« February 2nd »
• Updated this thread! I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but, considering that I was over half a month behind, I consider it quite the feat!
• Updated this thread! I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but, considering that I was over half a month behind, I consider it quite the feat!
« February 3rd »
• Began brainstorming journal prompts that challenge the writer to explore themselves through fictional landscapes (such as: "Within Monsters Inc, what would your childhood door look like? What what tactics could a monster have used to make you scream or laugh?"
• Began brainstorming journal prompts that challenge the writer to explore themselves through fictional landscapes (such as: "Within Monsters Inc, what would your childhood door look like? What what tactics could a monster have used to make you scream or laugh?"
« February 6th »
• Created a series of icons for myself on Twitter per a challenge going around https://twitter.com/thewonderings/status/1225533907766063104
• Created a series of icons for myself on Twitter per a challenge going around https://twitter.com/thewonderings/status/1225533907766063104
« February 6th (Continued) »
• Received a vinyl design for an upcoming Adora cosplay, which was created by the lovely UnsupervisedCreation on Etsy!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/UnsupervisedCreation
• Received a vinyl design for an upcoming Adora cosplay, which was created by the lovely UnsupervisedCreation on Etsy!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/UnsupervisedCreation
« February 7th »
• Doodled a quick comic about the startling realization that, somehow, caught up in the everyday trivialities of my life, I had forgotten about the vastness of the stars https://twitter.com/thewonderings/status/1225694253969330181
• Doodled a quick comic about the startling realization that, somehow, caught up in the everyday trivialities of my life, I had forgotten about the vastness of the stars https://twitter.com/thewonderings/status/1225694253969330181
« February 9th »
• Updated my word count tracker through the past month or so
• Also updated this thread; At this point, I think it is apparent that, despite how much I enjoy tracking progress, I always find myself a few days behind!
• Updated my word count tracker through the past month or so
• Also updated this thread; At this point, I think it is apparent that, despite how much I enjoy tracking progress, I always find myself a few days behind!
« April 21st »
• Decided to resume this thread; perhaps I'll fill in the missing days, but I might also not because... you know... pandemic
• Finished a pair of pajama pants for Cate! I digitized some of her designs, ordered it to fabric, and then sewed the pants
• Decided to resume this thread; perhaps I'll fill in the missing days, but I might also not because... you know... pandemic
• Finished a pair of pajama pants for Cate! I digitized some of her designs, ordered it to fabric, and then sewed the pants
