Self diagnosis and treatment for Unproductivitus.

Unproductivitus is a disorder that develops from a deficiency in organization and motivation coupled with a daunting amount of things to do.

The sypmtoms of Unproductivitus include lethargy, stress, inability to focus, anxiety and even panic attacks. If left untreated, Unproductivitus can develop into unrealized dreams syndrome.


The remedy for Unproductivitus takes only a few steps and self treatment is the best method.

1. Get paper, a pen, a calendar and a timer.
2. Set your timer for 30 or 60 minutes and begin making a list of the most immediately necessary tasks or projects you have to do. Anyone can focus on a task if given a strict timeline to accomplish it.
3. Break down those projects into their most basic steps and calendar when you will do them so that your project will be completed in time.
4. If doing this takes up your whole time limit, then begin by tackling the first steps on your list. If you have remaining time, move on to step 5.
5. Write another list of secondary tasks or projects that you need to do and calendar the steps for those to be completed as well. (Be sure to schedule these tasks for after your most important tasks.)
6. Repeat steps 1-6 weekly until a pattern develops. For aggravated cases, a task list should be made daily. These steps help increase organization levels which reduces some of the more severe symptoms of unproductivitus. The next steps are important for increasing motivation levels.
7. Upon completing projects it is very important to reward oneself however is best suited to the individual. Some recommendations include: taking a nap, going out to eat, buying a small present for yourself, doing something fun and chocolate.
8. Communicate accomplishments to friends, family and co-workers. Unproductivitus is not an uncommon affliction so you shouldn't be ashamed to celebrate your successes. People who love you will be happy for even your smallest victories.
9. Spend quiet time thinking, meditating on or praying about your current endeavors and the future. If the above steps are being implemented then you should experience a feeling of excitement and hopefulness.

Some activities which aggravate unproductivitus are: Youtube, facebook, instagram, twitter and any other form of social media, texting, snacking, television and unnecessary cleaning (also known as procrastinating).

Unproductivitus should not be confused with ACTUAL PHYSICAL SICKNESS. If you are sick and you do not rest, you will die.

I hope this helps someone.

keeping the milk carton rolling.

So, tonight I found myself making mini-vans out of milk cartons for my Saturday school English lesson. As I was testing it out I was down on all floors, pushing, blowing with everything to keep that smelly little box rolling. And then it connected to my life... ah, how interesting it is when that happens.
You think... my life is like a makeshift race-car crafted from garbage. Haha.
I've got all the right parts... an education, a platform, vision, etc., but they aren't in the position or quality level that will bring me to the place I want to be in. But the answer to getting in that spot is right there... just keep it rolling, learn what needs to change, adjust and keep it rolling.

Networking 101

Hello world, my name is Sara Cooney. Here's my business card. Hope to hear from you soon.

Need for speed: Speed drawing pose practice

I've always thought that speed is a skill that is very important to comic and manga artists. Meeting deadlines and also being able to continuously create new ideas isn't something that can be done if you spend 30 minutes perfecting each character's pose. This is my problem.
To remedy it, I've been trying to make the habit of practicing 45 second drawings on Posemaniacs.com It's a great website that I was introduced to in college for my drawing 101 class.
I've been doing sets of 10 as recommended by the website. Within only one week I can already see improvement in the completeness and structure of the poses.
It's an exercise that I recommend any budding artist add to their regimen. It only takes about 7 minutes for a set of 10, 45 second drawings, and onlly 5 minutes if you do the 30 second drawings.
That will be the next step up for me.

My first bout.

Today's practice.

You can tell that the drawings are much more complete.

I'm very happy about it. I hope if you've never heard of posemaniacs you will check it out. It's a great resource. 

Church Notes 2

The night before church and I got the karaoke bug, so I went and sang from 12:00am untill 4:30am, went home, slept for a couple hours and then went to church at 8:30...
The fight to stay awake was so real. Before service started my roommate and I went to the nearby shopping mall for breakfast and I got a sketchbook to aid in the struggle. It worked! I managed to stay awake the whole time.
And here are the notes:

There's Something in the Water.

Last night I was slumming around and talking to my roommate about how tired I was. The meanwhile I drew this. 

I thought out loud, "Why do I always draw scary things?"

Eri said to me, because you draw to relive your stress right? You're just expressing that stress. 

(In Japanese)

Oh, duh. *facepalm*

Reunions

 

Today I got to hang out with my old friend from college. We had a great time catching up, talking art and even had a little painting party. 

It was good to see ya Alex!

My little brother made his first painting, a knife sharpener that he modeled in Minecraft.

 

Alex painted me. 

This is what I drew. It started out as a little hedgehog but turned into a hell-dog.

It was really fun.