Been doing some reading on waking up early and how this correlates with productivity (sauce). While I haven’t been able to sleep past 6AM since this new year started, I still don’t feel anymore productive than when I slept and woke up later since I’m sleeping the same amount of hours. I’m still not totally sold on the “study” findings. Being both a morning and night person, I don’t understand how I’m any more goal-oriented/insomniac than the next one. Clearly running on a few hours of sleep can’t be good for brain function.

I secretly like it when my job takes me out of the office, especially when I get views like this. I’m also hating instagram more and more.

I’ve been increasingly obsessed with studios since I’m now officially in the process of looking for one for my design/drawing/painting work. I wonder if this is what shopping for a house feels like, quite exhilarating to look for a space to make my own work in.

Recently Hello Sandwich did a studio tour of Higashi Chika’s Tokyo workspace, and what a workspace it is!

To see more photos of the studio tour, visit Hello Sandwich.

Taking advantage of the nice weather and spending a lot of time outside lately. I’ve been discovering a lot of nice places in this area that I haven’t seen before or are just new. It makes me feel guilty for not having tried harder to learn to like this place, but better late than never amirite?

(Note: it seems as if my automated posts aren’t updating at the time I set it to, which is why this has come a week late, and many others are still in my drafts.)

Does anyone switch wallpapers on a monthly basis? I’m surprised if I even look at my desktop more than a couple of times a month, which is why I can stay with one wallpaper for years and not think twice about it. Seasonal wallpapers anyone? Winter 2012.

This is what happens when I try to sit alone, in a quiet empty room. I like quiet empty rooms because I’m forced to be productive without much distractions, meaning I like quiet empty rooms when there are a lot of things to do. Sitting alone and learning to be content doing nothing though…

I instantly fell in love with his portfolio. His type explorations are psychedelic. I especially like the shots of his sketches in progress. Look at that detail!

(each photo is linked to that project page on his portfolio)

Starting a new category called “sketchbook” to post some scans every now and then. I’m not one for new years resolutions so 365 projects don’t really appeal to me. I do want to draw daily but I know given my schedule that’s just not practical and giving myself a daily goal will only cause me stress. However, drawing is a great exercise and it would be a waste to not do it because I’m not graded on it anymore. So I draw when I can: in waiting rooms, on airplane rides, during very boring conversations. We’ll see how it goes.

Random photo just to pop-in and say “hey”. I haven’t been putting as much effort into this blog since the new year. After starting a new job and a few Korean dramas, I think I get an “F” in time management, sketchbook-filling, photo-taking, sentence-making, and whatever else I seem to be lacking in these days. Also note to self: do not put your life on hold for a TV-show. I am ridiculously behind and feel like I’ve been stabbed in the back by dedicating 20 hours to a terrible, rushed, and unjust end.