tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165633642540643694.post50580123821550520..comments2022-02-27T16:53:59.885+00:00Comments on ALFIE'S STUDIO : 21 - Exhausted.Nicole @ Alfies Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07682549738153550223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165633642540643694.post-34248054708699491892013-01-06T18:37:17.413+00:002013-01-06T18:37:17.413+00:00Barbara, thanks for your comments. They certainly ...Barbara, thanks for your comments. They certainly opened my eyes to how my comments may have been viewed by other people.<br /><br />In response:<br /> <br />1) You are absolutely right. Photography is something that I really struggle with partially owing to the fact that there is so little natural light available to photograph in and also that I'm really not very good as I'm just starting out at it. I will get better or save up to send it out or get someone in.<br /><br />2) I appreciate what you are saying but I love the old fashioned news print style of the 2 column format. As much as I love blogs and online media I'd still rather have a great big broadsheet in front of me any day, you can't beat wrestling with a great expanse of newspaper and having something that you can take in and I guess the format runs with that passion.<br /><br />3) I love my work very much, a little too much at times. I am finding it very difficult to find a balance between becoming all that I want professionally and being the mama I always wanted to be and being there for my children every day. I find myself wanting to check emails while they are playing or spending weekends working because I'm time starved in my (professional) life from being a full time mama (I'm starting to get embarrassed at always being last to pick my boy up from nursery because I've gotten held up on the phone to a supplier or client too). The thought of not being the mama that my kids both want and need makes me really very unhappy and the late nights that I work after playing mama all day do tire me out and I guess that shows through in a way more negative light than it is ever meant to.<br /><br />4) Absolutely. More often than not I am creating that logo though and creating/cracking on with a clients needs win over blogging. <br /><br />I am trying to find a stride to balance work with life and marketing (blogging counted in that partially) and not having to work til 2am (to be up 5 hours later for the school run) and to live better. That is my challenge for this coming year and part of the "live better" ethos is accepting what I have and working with it and being happy about it and trying to work smarter to fit everything in (such as being able to blog on a regular and less sporadic basis and preferably not at the end of the day when I'm really just wanting to fall in to bed).<br />As for word verification, I don't honestly know what purpose it serves when it comes to blogging, to stop spam I guess, I'd be interested to hear a general concensus on whether it is really necessary and whether it bothers everyone.<br /><br />Happy new year and thanks again for your comment.Nicole @ Alfies Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07682549738153550223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165633642540643694.post-38333844643121348272012-12-12T07:07:28.341+00:002012-12-12T07:07:28.341+00:00Just read one of your comments at Design Sponge. ...Just read one of your comments at Design Sponge. You said you weren't getting feedback, so I was curious what you did and if it was good. I'd like to offer a couple of comments, if you'd like. I have been blogging for several years now and certainly don't have all the answers, but blog wise, I see some big things that might make a small difference.<br />1. Take better, bigger pictures of your work!<br />2. Don't double them up, side by side. This will allow for bigger, better pictures. Tis is your work and it should steal the show!<br />3. Don't be Debbie Downer. At least sound like you enjoy your work.<br />4. When you land a new client, slam their beautiful logo on your blog and make sure they see it.<br />Hopes this helps in some small way!,<br />Oh, and finally, get RID of the tool that makes people jump through hoops, just to leave a comment. I think it's called the word verification tool.<br /><br />BarbaraBarbara Bussey {The Treasured Home}https://www.blogger.com/profile/01566967029105521709noreply@blogger.com