PnP stands for Planning in Progress

Salaaaam und Guten Tag ^^
MITs for today are:
- New sketch considering the "Divine Proportion" and "Rule of Third" if possible *Done*
- Prepare my German books, file, paper and everything for Thursday's lesson insha'Allah *soon*
- 3 6 5 Planning & Updating the Blog *in Progress*

So far, I have this plan *no I didn't cheat from you*
based on major calculations of remaining days *using a great excel application done by a math loving frea.. nd* I came up with an initial plan.. But first lets see where I stand:
I have 10 in hand, 1 somewhere around the world = total 11
remaining = 354 *WoW*

Actual remaining days, counting from today = 279
But if you remember well, I set a start date to start working on 3 6 5 to be 1st of April..
so remaining days = 279 - 17= 262
and July I'm officially OFF *well.. almost* so.. remaining = 262 - 30 = 232
And December is my Backup time so this leaves us with 232 - 18 = 214 DAYS

So to cut the long story short.. I have
214 DAYS to finish 354 ART PIECES *Good Luck with that dear*

So The initial plan is that I have to do 50 *YES 50* pieces a month..

So it goes like this:
March = 04 pieces in 16 days

April = 50 pieces in 30 days

May = 50 pieces in 31 days

June = 50 pieces in 30 days

August = 50 pieces in 31 days

September = 50 pieces in 30 days

October = 50 pieces in 31 days

November = 50 pieces in 30 days

We start with March and there's no stress so... I sincerely HOPE from the BOTTOM of my HEART that I commit to this plan.. 

oh and btw.. 3rd MIT is done NOW

douka douka

Produc+ive Day

Hallo all :)

Today is going to be a productive day insha'Allah :0)

Finally I finished the sleeping beauty painting and started coloring another sketch..

I trieeeeed to stay posi+tive.. well if you ask how's it going... it's going ^^

The cheatsheet.. I read it but still have to study it well..

I attended the painting class and I am still working on the planning part.. I'm planning for the 3 6 5 project ^^..

My MITs for the day are:

-Finish Sleeping beauty *done*

-Watch corel painter videos *done* 

-Go to German Class *postponded*

-Make a little sketch

-Make a count down calender

I hope the produc+ivity continues :0)

DouKa DouKa

Updates & Cheatsheet

Salaam all,
Yesterday: I tried my best to stay posi+ive and for a start I believe I did well.
Today, I woke up with purpose:

1. Finishing the sleeping beauty painting
2. Going to Painting class
3. Put a plan for a major goal of mine.. I will only put a plan and put a start date for execution which will be in a month or so.. will tell you when I finish planning..

 I drove with purpose: I listened to German audio to refresh my memory.. *I miss my classes* 

And I tried to interact and reflect with purpose.

Yesterday I watched Time Management Lecture by Randy Pausch. It was interesting and now I'm trying some of his advices: keeping communications short, keeping a time log and limiting business conversations to the point. I will also start putting my to-do list based on priorities.
Now there is this Cheatsheet that I intend to study and follow as I can. So again we will see how this goes.


"First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do."
Epictetus



I wish you a guten tag.


DouKa

Posi+ive Thinking

Guten Tag people =)

News: I decided to use blogging for more than updating the 3 6 5 project. I'm a beginner so bear with me.

Fact: I love challenging myself *and others* :) so let's create a little challenge for everyday's fun.

Today's challenge: is to think posi+ive. I am a big believer of the power of thoughts.Once in winter, I was walking outside with a friend at around 4am *in a students' hostel if you wonder where* I had a tshirt on, she had a jacket and it was freezing.. I remember the though in my head: "It's not cold, the weather is fine". She asked my if I was cold and checked my hand, and her hands were colder than mine! My scientific explanation is: power of thought.

Gift: I found 4 very simple ingredients to posi+ive thinking:

1- Wake With Purpose: *takes a deeeeeep breath*. I am still trying to figure out the secret of getting up after waking up *difference is: When your alarm rings in the morning you 'wake up' as you are no longer sleeping, 'Get up' means that you get out of bed.*  so when you open your eyes in the morning, think of all the great things you are going to accomplish and write them down as your Purpose Your Day: Most Important Task (MIT) and get up and do them. *I will tell you how it goes with me tomorrow*

2- Drive With Purpose: Keep a cool attitude and use your time in the car to learn and do something useful.

3- Interact With Purpose: Let others feel your posi+ivity while interacting with you.

4- Reflect With Purpose: At the end of *or during* the day, think of your blessing, look at people who are less fortunate than you are and thank God for what you have.

Closing statement: Be Posi+ive in everything, response in a posi+ive way, smile at people, hope for the best, basically you gotta fake it until you make it!

HaPpY DouKa wisHeS You a HaPpY DaY

BettermooD.. maybe not..

I am in better mood... *Artistically at least :)*

I was reading an article yesterday *very inspiring :)* it talks about finding one's passion... only thinking about what I'm good at, what I enjoy doing, and what I want to be.. It gave me enough energy yesterday to work on 3 pieces of which 2 are finished :) *It's amazing how happy thoughts can change your day*

So while reading this article, I knew for sure that drawing/painting is a passion of mine.. but to make a career out of it YES is a scary idea for me.. but now I'm willing to consider it. An illustrator for children's book would be a niiiiice title for me ^^..

But how can I start? *oh man I already have enough projects keeping me busy for the rest of the year o_o'... *

OKAY back to 3 6 5..

so since the last update.. let me think..

1 painting finished (this)

2 in progress (ideas are fine, execution is not)

3 drawings finished

I honestly don't want to count the sketches.. so this makes it 10 completed pieces out of (13+31+28+1=73) hmmm... maybe I should count the sketches? ^^..

I have to come up with a recovery plan.. but I hate to do things based on obligation... !! I need to find a way to motivate me everyday -__- I never thought I would ever be stressed over art ^^ I am.. and I should learn how to get over it :) and get it DONE.

sneak peeks:

*Thought of the day: Never regret a bad decision if you still have the time to make a good one..*

ENJOY YOUR DAY

douk

pissed off

7 pieces not done yet WOHOOO!! 

and 1000limit is to be broken VERY SOON..

1 sketch in corel painter crashed my pc and i wasted my night trying to download the IMPOSSIBLE-to-downlaod videos about corel painter:)

how interesting..

night

doukadouka

a limited budget it is..

So I'm grounded.. from today untill the rest of this month I will have to watch my spendings and limit them to1000uad.

To look forward for next Friday... i would say: if I finish 7 pieces, my reward will be a nice BB plus breaking this limit.. otherwise... it stays the same... and the sooner i finish these 7 pieces,, the sooner i break the limit ^^

hmm well It's not like i've done nothing :P i have 1 more sketch... so i just have to start "painting"

DoukaDouka

bon weekend!

Welcome back

Salaam :)

It has been a long time since I last updated the blog.. so it's about time to do so..

Almost 1 month back I had 8? art pieces.. so how many do I have now? *any guesses?*

OKAY I have the same number.. BUT this is about to change..

So what kept me busy? a life changing experience in india <3 and a life changing event in Abu Dhabi ^^

plus two weeks of laziness! and some time in the middle I got my WACOM, got 2 books about the color theory and registered for PAINTING class...

so now WHAT?

I have some ideas of what I want to paint, so the TARGET for this week is to finish 7 painting by Friday 12th of Jan, 2010 just to train myself to paint again.. MOTIVATION?

If by Friday I had 7 pieces, I will treat myself with a nice relaxing BB *not a BlackBerry*

If not O_O then, a good punishment would be tooooo..................................limit my budget for the rest of the month to 1000 dirhams only o_O (doesn't include fuel)

AND WE WILL SEE... next expected update is Friday 12th of Jan, 2010, but if there's something sooner, WHY NOT ^^

Tough Douka Douka

*have a nice day*

ahem...

Marhaba :)

Quick math:

4- are done in 2009

2- are just finished

1- half colored

2- sketches

sneak peeks

5- fairytales series

 6-

7-

the white space is to be completed

 byebye

doukadouka

Updates?

Hello :)

I finished two more pieces and 2 are in progress..

Until today I should have 22 pieces.. so 6 out of 22 is not the progress i want.. anyways I'm glad I'm moving *even if it's so slow*

Other news is that I'm traveling next week insha'Allah to India for 1 week.. and It will be busy there however I will take my sketch book and maybe my little watercolors box..

snapshots? I will take shots now to be posted in next post insha'Allah..

"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time."

 doukadouka