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I'm a professional calligrapher and artist, but it's always been traditional mind you. And there are not that many calls for traditional artists anymore, unless they make fame on social media. My work also has completely stopped this year and many of my friends who have been doing this work for years, have had the same problem as well. Most of them have turned to digital designing to put food on the table though. Now, I don't need this work to survive. My husband makes enough to provide. But I'm not satisfied with just staying at home and being a mother. I really want to work and sell my artwork! Justin (my husband) surprised me with a Intuos tablet and I have to say that I am enjoying it! I use Krita to drawing and paint because I can't afford to pay for photoshop yet. But the program is becoming my favorite due to the big support from other artists. And they offer custom brushes free to download so it makes it easier for me to customize everything to my liking. My problem right now is, what should I do for digital art? I'm still learning but I want to do something that brings in money, even it is small. My plan was to make some cute designs to sell on Red Bubble but that's all I can think of....

EDIT : I effed up my back somehow last week, so I put off my challenge until this week. I don't care about winning - I'm in to feel good again and build a routine set of habits. Since my back is still weird, I'm simplifying my routine just to make sure I do something, but to also try not to hurt myself (no health insurance). Also, since I've been unemployed for a month and my tax return is taking its sweet time finding its way to my bank account, I'm ditching the Paleo too. I need to eat what I have around the house and that's going to involve stuff outside of that framework. *shrug* Hey-o! Winter is killing me. In an effort to shake this hibernation situation, here's my challenge goals: 1) Couch to 5K Walking on treadmill 30 minutes M/W/F A - all 3 days B - 2 of 3 days C - 1 of 3 days F - no days 2) Nerd Fitness Rookie Yoga Workout (weeks 1-3) T/R/S & Recruit Nerd Fitness Rookie Workout (weeks 4-5) T/R/S A - all 3 days B - 2 of 3 days C - 1 of 3 days F - no days 3) Pull Up Workout Solitary Racquetball (fluid, not jerky) M/W/F http://greatist.com/fitness/i-want-to-do-a-pullup-022012/# A - all 3 days B - 2 of 3 days C - 1 of 3 days F - no days 4) No soda or fast food beginning week 1 / eat Paleo weeks 2-6 / 1 gallon of water per day A - all 7 days B - 5 of 7 days C - 3 of 7 days D - 1 of 7 days F - no days (soda / fast food) A - all 7 days B - 5 of 7 days C - 3 of 7 days D - 1 of 7 days F - no days (Paleo) A - all 7 days B - 5 of 7 days C - 3 of 7 days D - 1 of 7 days F - no days (gallon of water) 5) 30 minutes each day of calligraphy / drawing A - all 7 days B - 5 of 7 days C - 3 of 7 days D - 1 of 7 days F - no days I don't have a specific weight goal or progress goal. My umbrella goal is to create a sense of consistency and routine. My scale at home is not working, so I'll have to get a starting weight tomorrow at the gym. Let's do this thing.