Create the Space

Any of you who are in the same position will know that working from home is not all pyjamas and endless rounds of tea and biscuits. My living area currently accommodates my lounge, dinning area, office, pin board, equipment storage and prop storage. It feels (and looks) like a nightmare. I desperately want to move out in to external accommodation, but it's just not financially feasible right now.

So in the meantime I am making do with what I've got. It's kind of working. I just have to be right on top of keeping things as tidy as possible (this doesn't come naturally to me) and creating the head space required to knuckle down.

I'm a big fan of meditation and mindfulness. It has so many useful applications. So I'm currently relying on those techniques to get me through these cluttered days. The living area is what it is. I am trying, and every day is a step closer to that dream studio. The studio where the walls are filled with wonderful inspirational things. It's bright and airy and there are a few desks that can be used to layout and arrange images. They'll also be a wall furnished with shelves from floor to ceiling, which will house many wonderful books and all my funky little props. It will come together.

But in the meantime, this is where my head is at: