Celebrating failure

I have an easy example of continuous failure: my artwork to-do list! Like everyone reading this blog post, I'm a full-time student, so I try to be responsible and have school be my first priority. While I am taking 17 credits of marketing, stats, accounting, and entrepreneurship, I still somehow find plenty of time to waste. What I'm saying is I have an awful habit of putting things off, and as a result, I finish much less art than I'd have liked to. It hurts my soul.

I think the most bothersome part about this continuous failure is that I know other college students who are also artists and manage to be much more productive than I am. They make it that much harder for me to tell myself I'm 'too exhausted' from school and extracurriculars to draw, since I know they can pull it off, so why can't I? Honestly, that's great peer pressure.

I've learned to stop being such a perfectionist, which is in part thanks to this class. I think it has helped with its mentality of getting a concept out as soon as you can, versus spending lots of time, effort, and money on a concept that might be outdated or backfire. I believe that's a great mentality to have with art as well!