So this is Christmas, and what have we done?

A week into my holiday and I thought I could take a break from thinking like a designer. Even on Christmas morning, the kids were opening their presents and I found myself looking at the packaging, seeing how the kids reacted to the colours on the box, was it easy to read? did the picture on the box reflect accurately what was inside?

I suppose if you are thinking about your future all the time and how you are going to pay the mortgage, this is how you think. I know this from my singing job. If I hear a song on the radio I write it down with a view to performing it myself. Is it good? Would it keep the audience interested for 3 minutes? Would we use microphone stands or hold the mics? Should we move around? Which set would it go in to be most effective?

I have been like this for as long as I can remember, low latent inhibition (look it up) is about the closest I can describe these feelings. I see objects and people and rather than see a whole I tend to strip them down into separate elements and emotions that helps gain a better understanding. I do have a knack of judging people from first impressions and can usually tell a lot about them by just talking to them and watching their body language for a short time.

I am going to use this free time from college to catch up on some work that I had neglected just before assignment deadline when I couldn't concentrate. I have one website to do and I showed them my page designs for the assignment and they liked the idea for their own so I am going to try and create something along this theme.

I'm also trying to concentrate on my singing career to try and learn some new songs as this has also taken a back seat since I started college. It's all about keeping things fresh, not just for the audience but for ourselves so that we don't get bored.

How many times do you hear people say "I will do it tomorrow", "I will do that one day", "I've always fancied having a go at that" but never actually get round to it.

My New Years Resolution is to say more frequently: "TODAY I'm going to do this...

...Hold my clothes"

Happy New Year and have a downright prosperous New Year.

PS. 12 years on and I still don't think it's worth learning the entire lyrics to 'Auld Lang Syne' to sing for just 2 minutes per year, it's just not cost effective.