Tis the season to get tangled up in a lot of things. So here I am between things I want to do and things I have to do. Here's what I got. I want to continue working out so I can reach my goal of breaking the 300 lb. barrier by the end of the year. It is difficult because now is the holiday season and nothing around me but food and temptation. I have my day of indulgence and it overlapped a bit into the following day. Those damn cookies were still on the table calling to me! But now the food is gone...until this weekend...Christmas Day. I will eat in moderation and will not go overboard. I did fine over the Thanksgiving holiday and lost whatever weight I had put on. The thing is right now there are other things that I need to get done in a certain amount of time.
I need to finish a couple of animation shots by the end of the year. I need to have them done and rendered and place on my reel no later than January 3, 2011. That is the closing date for applications for the apprenticeship at the Reel FX studio in Dallas. This is something I really want. This is something I really need to do if I am ever to have a careen in animation. Why am I wanting to devote so much time to a single studio? Because it's here in Texas and not that far from home. Plus I have friends and family in the area. Plus plus, I've seen their work and it is amazing.
So I think I am going to take a break from working out until I have my reel completed?
WHY?
Ok, here's my reasoning. On days when I have to go to work in the evening, I only have a small window of opportunity to do what I need to do. If I workout that will take away at least an hour or two of that time. That only leaves me with another hour or two to get anything done. But, if I had the entire four hours I could do a whole lot more. Plus with other things going on, family and social gatherings, I just run out of time. Not that I'm complaining about that, it's just that my demo reel is always in the back of my mind telling me, "you need to work on it and get it done NOW!"
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
