Babble + Yak

Yak:Emma  February, ah the month of love, pancake day and my birthday! (my brother's as well but as he doesn’t write this, I am not sure it should really be mentioned…) If you’re anything like me, then you are probably not feeling the love, worrying about the calories and aghast that the year has gone so quickly.   When I say year, I do wonder where the last 16 years have gone. Way back in 2004 I graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a 1 st class hons degree, world was my oyster and I genuinely thought that by the time I was my age now, I would have achieved so much.   Charcoal drawing circa 2004-hanging fabric E Pinnock  To unpick that a bit I should say what I mean by achieving.   The d efinition is, 'to successfully bring about or reach (a desired objective or result) by effort, skill or courage'    On reading this I can already see that it doesn’t mention anything I measure my own achievements by; a high-flying career,...

Yak As months go, January is pretty loaded.  Expectations are high, motivation is at its most powerful new me; new you, new everything.  I don't buy into this much (I did for many years, but honestly, you're good as you are) but I do love a list and a plan.     Social media has a lot of positives, and my personal favourite is Instagram, but it also has a fair amount of negatives.  With January and creatives there is a mass of new planners, success sharing from 2019, goal planning for 2020, exciting opportunities and that is all great, I am genuinely happy for those successes, art gets a rough deal and its great that people are making progress.  For me though, its one big comparison of what I haven't achieved, to goals I haven't met, to work I am just not capable of making.        For me, comparisons have always been around.  At school, constant comparing with others on where their life was going, boys, body's and grad...