Reflecting on Week 18 of 2025
Week 18 was a little weird.
I traveled to a friend’s wedding, so I couldn’t do everything that I wanted to do this weekend. That’s not a bad thing. I needed the vacation.
So I didn’t achieve everything that I wanted to achieve.
But I’m not mad about it. Not at all. The short vacation allowed me to really think about how I want to share my art while encouraging other women to do the same.
Writing
The goal I set for Week 18 was to complete another short story piece.
However, I’m still in the planning stages.
I couldn’t think of what I wanted to write about next. A sign I needed more time to figure things out. Going to my friend’s wedding helped me finally come up with a good premise I can work with.
With that being said, I’m changing deadlines.
Instead of allowing myself a week to write a short story, I’m giving myself two weeks. I think that’s more than fair, and an upgrade from what I was doing before I decided to take this creative journey.
The goal for Week 19 is to be halfway through a short story.
Design
For design, my goal for Week 18 was to continue to hone my skills as a graphic designer.
I did that! I created three design pieces that you can see here:
However, I want to do something different for Week 19.
I need to continue to push the boundaries of my design skills. I will try to do different things beyond posters. After all, graphic design is about using visuals to communicate an idea or message.
What idea am I trying to communicate?
What is the message I want to get out there?
For Week 19, my graphic design goal is communicate ideas.
Illustration
I didn’t meet my Week 18 goal of drawing every day.
Sad. But I can learn from this mistake. I must keep to my commitments if I have any hope of achieving greatness. Not perfection but greatness.
I must make time for drawing if I want to be able to draw the images I see in my head.
Eventually, I would love to draw the characters I write about. I would love to add my own illustrations to my graphic design work. I can’t do that if I continue to neglect cultivating my drawing skills.
For Week 19, I will draw every day, either through learning how to draw or sketching observational pieces.
Conclusion
And with that, I say goodbye to Week 18.
Hello, Week 19.
Things are going to change a bit as I figure out how I want to share my work while encouraging you to also kickstart your creative journey. I’ve been reading [The 12-Week Year]() and it’s lit a fire under my ass.
I eventually hope to share my results after updating my system to using 12-week plans. Stay tuned as I work on my findings for that.
What are your creative goals for Week 19?
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