Still alive...

Just checking in to make sure this thing is still working, and that the email and password haven't vacated my memory. They haven't.

I will not go into a detailed history of the last year or so, except to say that I went into and out of a graphics position within my current employer, with attendant peaks and valleys in my always variable emotional state; I'm basically back where I started at my job, albeit with a slightly higher income and a considerably dented ego; however, very fortunately, said circumstance has recently put me in touch with a very nice lady who's basically hired me to do *gulp* some freelance design work! On a website, no less! Well, hopefully this will lead to better things. It's a glimmer of hope, at least.

I've been feeling a renewed primal need to get back into creative anything and everything, even while my self-confidence and my energy have been at abysmal lows. It's like the old cornered rabbit routine. I have to fight back against this soul-eating negativity, and I'm trying to dig out whatever tools and resources I have locked up in that musty closet--latent interests, talents, whatever. For a while to do so seemed pointless; maybe this freelance gig is kickstarting my will to claw my way out and thereby survive. I will certainly give it my best shot, and get my other mojo(s) back in the game.

Meanwhile I'm thinking about finally adding some stuff to my creative-work blog, Wispirs & Scribbles. But not tonight.