Yesterday I did some filming for a short series of films I wanted to do. It was a lot of fun (except the part where it was terrifying) and I felt like I did a good thing because I’d done something. But I realised later on that evening that I’d actually been naughty because that’s not what I’m supposed to be doing right now. I already have a script I’m meant to be working on.

I started writing this script about a month ago, and I decided that, this will be my film project for now until it’s finished. I won’t work on any other of my projects until it’s completed. Working on other peoples film projects is fine, but I can’t start anything else for myself. And then I went and started writing this new script and even started filming some of it!

I’m forgiving myself a little bit because at the end of the day, I had fun, it was enjoyable to get those ideas out and to get started on something was really rewarding. But I’m not going to work on that project until my main script is completed. I do have other projects in the works, so my scanner-brain can be happy doing several different projects at a time, like my illustration project Third Time Lucky.

It feels good to get back on track actually, I feel a little as though I was distracted and getting focused on this again has given me some more direction, so I’m quite glad this little experience happened.