Ever Feel Like a Fail Whale?
Have you ever wished you had the skill-set to do something but every time you make the attempt, it turns out to be nothing short of a steaming pile of poo? Yeah, that’s me right now. I desperately wish to be a creative, but for some reason it just doesn’t come naturally for me and that bugs me. I see some of the most amazing creations and designs from some of you guys and it blows me away. It makes me want to just sit down and design something. Anything. But due to my lack of knowledge and proper methodology, I just find myself staring at a blank artboard with nothing to show for my passion.
I’ve always been a hack. I admit to that. I’ve done some web design and a little graphic design over the years – nothing I’m really proud of. I get the opportunity to design a lot of email templates for our clients at work and have even done some UI’s (that’s “user interfaces” for my friends in Rio Linda). I can put bits and pieces together to make something work, but when it comes to designing something from scratch that’s super cool – that’s where my mind dumps me off at the nearest exit.
So this week I was tasked with designing a new UI. I’m excited about it, but today was just one of those days where nothing came to me and I couldn’t make anything work. I know the look I’m going for when I see it, but when I try to replicate it, it’s just blah. So hopefully something will come together next week. Maybe I just need to take my mind off of it for awhile. I’ve been doing quite a bit of design stuff lately, so maybe I’ve just reached my limit.
How about you guys? Has there ever been something you’ve wanted to do but it just doesn’t come natural when you try to do it?
Any other fail whale’s in the audience?
By the way, your “hacking” skills are amazing! : )
Love you!
As far as being creative i know we talked about it before but for me its work. sometimes it takes a good chunk of time for me to get a blog post out. Where Karen can do it in like 5 mins. It makes me sick really. But I just need to get used to it. Because for karen it just comes naturally… its apart of who she is.
Im still trying to figure out what my strenghts are. Thanks for making me even more confused. I appreciate it.
OH and I had no idea you were still blogging. I thought u were not doing anything during ur break. but glad to see that your still writing.
Yep, still writing some when things come to mind, but unless you've got me on reader, you wouldn't really know it.
Dude, have a blast tomorrow! I'll be sure to jog a step or two in your honor.
However, I have always been, and likely always will be, completely & utterly useless at sports. I'm completely unco physically. Complete and total. And even when I find something I really want to be good at, and work at it, it feels so much like hard work all the time that all the enjoyment is gone.
I've pretty much accepted that's how it is, and avoid casual sport stuff, because most people just don't get it…the anxiety of feeling useless outweighs the “fun” it should be. So I find fun (& fitness) in other avenues. The fitness bit definitely being more solitary…and hopelessly neglected in the last few months. Can't imagine why