learning to use my time wisely

I quit my job at the Market at the end of September so time is mine. I need to use it well or the inner critic will give me hell for wasting it, for quitting the job that became awful, for spending too much time playing Facebook video games and for just plain existing. That critic needs a life!

It seems like artsy types always have too little time and too many ideas. I feel like I have more ideas when I have less time to call my own, maybe because they're in such contrast to mundane work ideas? Anyway, I have to make the most of this unemployment stuff.

Neighbor lady is having a baby and gave me an invitation to the shower...don't think I'll go play the games but it's a great chance to knit a gift. I was going to make something brown with ears, but decided to use the superwash yarn I've already got (see all budgety and stuff!) I added the little snowflakes so it's got a bit of cute factor if they have a girl. I was sewing the little flakes on while Suzy and her mom were doing the country radio show so maybe some mom/daughter love is sewn in here.
I'm also working on some small paintings for impending craft shows. I am thinking I might bead some rocks but they take a long time...expensive to sell. It's hard to tell what the market will bear but I'll have to test the waters with out the cheap stuff that was in the booth I shared at the fair.

Figuring out selling venues in a small town is interesting, you have to read bulletin boards for notices about who to contact for selling space. Sometimes there's a website, if it's sponsored by the fair or by the town but usually it's word of mouth or pinned to a board. Neighbor (not the baby one) has contacts through the school, I'll ask.