Short-Term Goals and Pencil Sharpeners

After reading a couple how-to blogs and brainstorming Sunday night, I decided that I was going to set a few short-term goals for myself. One of which was to start being more productive. That led to me getting off my ass and start cleaning. I vacuumed, picked up toys/clothes/trash, collected dishes strewn around the house, wiped surfaces, organized things and then I did this:

Pictured: desk with stuff on it

This desk was abused and neglected for months. The poor thing was covered in junk and old mail, left sitting in the corner of my bedroom collecting dust. I brought it out into the living room, wiped it off and found a new home for all the junk that had been sitting on it for months. For now, I use it as an office area. Which brings me to my second goal:

I want to pick up where I left off with my art. I've got a sketch pad that has countless empty pages begging for a little creative touch. I have a dresser that I began painting last year, that has been stuffed in the kids' closet, with only two or three of the drawers actually being used. It's a phenomenal piece, and I can't wait to get started on it/finish it. I wonder what other mediums or projects I will pick up. The creativity of an artist never dies, it reinvents itself in new ways. My creativity never went away, it started appearing in the food I cook, the apartment I live in, the photos I took, the events that I planned and my daily thoughts. 


But the one thing that is missing from my desk, that I so desperately want, is one of these:

That's fancy looking, ain't it?

A pencil sharpener. But these bastards can get pretty expensive, some over $100, and don't even get me started on the "vintage" pencil sharpeners. Christ.


But once I get rich and famous from my awesome art, I won't have to worry about $400 pencil sharpeners.