When I look back through the last 5 years of December posts, I can see a slow progression toward coming to grips with the fact that, due to all the extra chores surrounding the holidays, this has evolved into a month of reflection, reassessment, and planning ahead rather than business-as-usual production. And maybe that isn’t such a bad thing.
My 2017 post Don’t Forget to Check Your Rearview is a jumping-off point for how you might do the same.

Before

After weeks of juggling various projects, I finally devoted a full day last weekend to clearing the decks throughout my studio — a big job, but one that will help this coming January get off to an efficient start. It wasn’t until after I’d had my purge-and-organize session that I discovered Alyson Stanfield’s lastest Art Biz podcast with Fiona Valentine: 5 Simple Steps to an Organized Studio. If a studio clear-out is coming up on your calendar, give this a listen, keeping in mind Fiona’s counsel that a messy studio costs you time, money and productivity.

After

It may not look it, but this is an “after” shot too.