Crack’d Out on the “Crackberry”

  Crack’d Out on the "Crackberry"
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This digital layout is an ode to my new Blackberry Curve.  Here’s what the journaling says:

I got this little bugger for Christmas 2007.  I agonized over what kind of smartphone to get for about a month before I decided on the Blackberry Curve.  They don’t call it "Crackberry" for nothing!  Can I say that I’m addicted to this thing?  I love that it’s all in one and I don’t even mind being fully connected anymore.  Once you are, it’s hard to go back.  I barely use my regular computer.  Ah technology…it’s a wonderful thing.

I used to balk at having a camera on a phone.  It seemed silly until I got a phone with one and now I take pictures all the time.  It also makes it easier for me to post photos on the fly to Flickr or any other blog.  It’s been helping me keep up with my Cre8 goals.

Are there any other Crackberry addicts out there?

Cre8

So here we go.  I’m finally posting something real on this blog.  I’ve been delayed because my mind has been preoccupied with work-related things.  You know how that goes.  Actually I’m trying to change the kind of work I do.  I’ve done some soul searching and I’ve come to the conclusion that my job should also entail some sort of creativity.  This has been a difficult process as it entails a slight redirect of what I do for a living.  Not completely out of the field, but a tad different skill set that I haven’t been using in my day-to-day work now.  I have in the past and I realized I missed that kind of work.  Searching for a job is a tedious, ego-testing process.  I hope to get something in February that’s aligned with my personal goals.  Speaking of which, you didn’t come here to read about my career stuff, but my creative stuff.

I came up with some Creativity Goals for 2008:

1. Continue to blog on my personal blog that’s private and serves as a place to vent all the uglies.  I would love to share that with you, but it may incriminate me in the other area of my life (the one that provides a paycheck and I’m not ready to give that up until I get some better).
2. Begin blogging creativity projects on Gotta Be Me.  That would be this spot.  I want to include some photography, scrapbooking (paper and digital) layouts and perhaps some video.  I’ve had this video camera for a few years and I may as well put it to use, right?
3. Paper scrapbook at least twice a week and digital scrapbook at least once a week.
4. Incorporate more stamping into my srapbooking.  I’ve started doing this and I’ve met up with some Close to My Heart and StampinUp! consultants.  (Find a consultant near you!)
5. Learn to knit and finish some crochet blankets in various stages of progress.
6. Lose weight to create the new me by next year when I turn Four-O.
7. Sell some stuff on Etsy.  I can’t do eBay anymore and besides, I’d rather sell in a place devoted to crafters.
8. Read other creativity blogs to stay inspired!

Next week I’ll be at my company’s convention working so I’ll have to pick up in February.  ‘Til then!

P.S. – What are your creativity goals for 2008?