Seriously:

My days are hodgepodge of the three CDs, but I spend way more time on the right side of that scale than I’d like.

Good to know: If I try hard, one day I’ll work in “booze” like some people work in watercolors and modeling clay. (via iVisuell)

No matter how many…

…fancy productivity tools I try, nothing keeps me on task like a sticky note and a pen.

…rapid prototyping tools I try, nothing moves as quickly paper, tape, and markers.

…keyboards, effects pedals, and recording software options I possess, nothing writes songs like my notebook and guitar.

…social media accounts I have, nothing connects like eye contact.

…points of inspiration I look to, nothing stirs up ideas like quiet.

I wish I’d written this. I know I’ll use it:

The Cult of Done Manifesto, by Bre Pettis and Kio Stark

1. There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.

2. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.

3. There is no editing stage.

4. Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you’re doing even if you don’t and do it.

5. Banish procrastination. If you wait more than a week to get an idea done, abandon it.

6. The point of being done is not to finish but to get other things done.

7. Once you’re done you can throw it away.

8. Laugh at perfection. It’s boring and keeps you from being done.

9. People without dirty hands are wrong. Doing something makes you right.

10. Failure counts as done. So do mistakes.

11. Destruction is a variant of done.

12. If you have an idea and publish it on the internet, that counts as a ghost of done.

13. Done is the engine of more.

(via Behance Team Blog :: Respect for “The Cult of Done Manifesto”)

Today, while working on a design, I had Twitter, AIM, Google Talk, Google Reader, my email, and a music player open. All at once.

…which inadvertently lead to this:

Yesterday, I stumbled upon a great slice of insight from Cory Doctorow on “Writing in the Age of Distraction.” The article focuses on writing (clearly), but the thoughts are on-point for creative people of all shapes and sizes.

Among his advice,”realtime communication tools are deadly.” Amen, Cory.

He also recommends that you “leave yourself a rough edge:”

When you hit your daily word-goal, stop. Stop even if you’re in the middle of a sentence. Especially if you’re in the middle of a sentence. That way, when you sit down at the keyboard the next day, your first five or ten words are already ordained, so that you get a little push before you begin your work. Knitters leave a bit of yarn sticking out of the day’s knitting so they know where to pick up the next day — they call it the “hint.” Potters leave a rough edge on the wet clay before they wrap it in plastic for the night — it’s hard to build on a smooth edge.

I think I’ll unplug for a while and let my head pull itself together.

Click here to read the full article.

(via Drawn: The Illustration Blog)