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6 February 2012

#185: Looking after ourselves and not measuring ourselves against others

Michael Nobbs
6 February 2012
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In which Michael forgets to put his coffee on to brew, gets the date wrong and talks about reading through the first chapter of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way, being reminded about how important it is not to measure ourselves against other people.

He also plans a rather exciting One Thing for today.

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Back to the familiar this morning — drawing with the light on, my Louise mug, and my Moomin tray.
I woke very early and needed everything to feel steady, so I reached for the things I know: tea in bed, sketchbook, Blackwing stub.
Familiarity on
I enjoyed making this morning’s tea-tray drawing. Yesterday I drew it in the dark (not a drawing I felt able to share!), but I wanted to experiment again today.

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Here’s today’s tea-tray drawing.
Just me and my stubby Blackwing 3 pencil this morning.

I feel like I’m getting to know the new things on my tray. And I was very pleased to find that the new insulated mug meant my tea was still hot
There are two new things on my tea-tray this morning. The beautiful tray mat was a thoughtful gift from a friend (thank you @peterbryenton!) and I’m hoping that the bright orange insulated mug will mean I’ll no longer have to drink cold t
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