Outside of writing and drawing, I’ve been crafting artifacts using clay and making jewlery that ties in with the lore of my worldbuilding. Today I am all crafted out.

Except vases that is on the list of my project to-dos, I’ve made stickers and clay sculptures of an influence of a falling star landing in forest vegetation.

I also made jewlery tied to the color palettes of my main characters.

creating content

Look when it comes to creating content, I can do it, but it takes a lot of time to do it. Content creation is essentially having a second job. You have to set up your camera, make sure you have multiple artistically pleasing angles, perfect sound and lighting and you better edit it to perfection or else NO VIEWS.

My energy can stretch so far and I dont want to put all of it in social media anymore.

I was able to make so much crafts, jewlery and knock out a huge chunk of my manga because I cut back scrolling tremendously. This is my next habit breaking self-improvement assignment I plan on doing in 2026

Crafting Clarity

I find myself in my studio crafting because it brings me a sense of clarity during high stressful times. I dont consume alcohol or weed so my happy place after work is under the relm of my inner world slowly being built to reality. I need do keep my hands from being idle otherwise Im going back to hold habits and sculpting has become part of my creative process.

I dont use my pottery wheel (fuck that pottery wheel!!).

I honestly dont know how to use it lol. But my fingers get dirty, especially under my nails. When I forget to wash my hands after touching resin and I eat something, the sour taste latches onto my tongue for hours.

Its messy. I love it and spend two days sculpting. So, Im all crafted out. Back to painting, drawing, and finishing up the first draft of the second book of my series.

xoxo