I've dreamed on paper

June is amazing so far and I’m really sad that it’s going away. The past couple of weeks was so beautiful. The nature is in full bloom right now, sun is shining with intensity characteristic only for the summer days.

Not only the weather is more than satisfying. My workflow is on the rise and everything is going the way I want - I paint a lot, sketch a lot, have lots of ideas. Right now I have a list of too many illustrations I need to sketch and paint. That’s the result of constant work that I have put into my sketches and studies over past couple of months.

And while I appreciate this phase I’m also a little bit overwhelmed, because I want too much! I want to have time to create everything that’s in my head, the time for reading, watching, meeting other people, cooking and the list could go on and on. But I only have 24 hours (minus 8 hours of sleep - jealous of all the people who could sleep only 6). Even though I obviously now, that I can’t do everything, my mind is protesting and is like a volcano bursting with more and more ideas. I know, that this phase is just temporary and that it will eventually slow down. I just wish it to be easier to focus on current tasks and not overthink what else I could or should do at the same time.

To top it all, one of my notes here blow up and got huge reach and so many people liked it, commented and subscribed to my newsletter. I’m so grateful and thank you for each one of you from the bottom of my heart. It is so strange to see such high number of people - it’s unimaginable and, I must admit, slightly overwhelming.

And so, all the things pilled up and I had to take step back from social media and find a way to calm myself. Yesterday was the day of recharging. We went in the morning to our allotment - we had breakfast there, watered all the plants and also planned the upcoming renovation of our micro-house. It was just pure, beautiful and almost dreamy time.

Today I’m starting this week with new energy. First things first - catching up with all the unfinished tasks from last week, but the rest of the week I will dedicate to working on my portfolio. Would you like a post on how it’s going?

Hope your days are little colder than here (in Cracow it will be over 30 degrees today),

Karolina 🌞

P.S. While writing this post I was eating pumpkin bread with butter and raspberry & pomegranate jam - the best combo ever. This summer I need to batch more pumpkin puree, because this was my last portion.

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