MTangDesigns

I had a wonderful dinner with my family yesterday. Food was great.  On top of that, I have Friday off!  Yay! After last night's Thanksgiving dinner, I was full, happy and felt very creative!  I picked up the paint brush and started doodling. Once I finished the background, I used sumi ink to write "Thanksgiving" in Chinese.  I am very grateful for my family, friends, my job, my co-workers, my gift of drawing, health and my good  neighbors... just to name a few things.  Also, many thanks for people who have been supporting me through internet.  Thank you!

Happy Thanksgiving!  Enjoy the time with your friends and family!

Let me first share my experience with my time wheels from last week before showing my weekly layouts.  Since I added time trackers in November, I was a lot more conscious of what was I doing with my time and how long each task would take.  It also made me more aware where my black holes for time are.  For me, the time suckers are internet games.  I had been pretty good at dodging the black holes lately.  Lol!  I was very productive in term of drawings for these two days.  Not to mention, I love filling in colors every night.  I find it very relaxing!     The time tracker is especially helpful during weekend.  Since I don't work on the weekend, the weekend is less structured.  It also helps me to keep the memories of having fun and spending time with my family.  I love being able to write down what I have done with my daughter and how I felt. For the 4th week of November, I am sticking with the same layout. ...

I have posted this painting on my Instagram but I totally forgot to do a blog for it!  I don't know how I can forget about it.  Anyway, I am just glad that I remembered to write about this painting.  I am very proud of this creation.  I really love it! This is an ancient word for Dragon.  This type of writing is called bird-worm seal script.  It first appeared in the middle of the Spring and Autumn period and was most popular during the Warring States period.  It is often seen on bronze and iron weapons. I love ancient Chinese words.  They're the embodiment of writing and painting in one.  I love how the lines are trying to tell us what the dragon looks like.  Somehow, the word also carries a very pure and primitive energy! Please visit my Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/mtangdesigns

Sorry! I didn't post much last week.  I was under the weather and my child was also sick.  Anyway, both of us are feeling much better now.  Let's get back to creating, designing and drawing! For the 3rd week of November, my layout pretty much looks the same as last week.  However, I have added daily meditation prompts from Deepak Chopra. Each day I have different prompts to mediate and practice.  This is the daily practices for peacemakers.  If you're interested, please read the sentences I wrote in green. If you want to know more about the daily practices for peacemakers, please check out the following website: https://chopracentermeditation.com/article/10-daily_practices_for_peacemakers

Hey friends! For last week's layout, I added the time log. I like the linear design but sometimes it's hard to write everything down in a tight space.  Since I don't have to work on the weekend, I am running errands, doing housework and creating artwork.  It's a lot to track. For the 2nd week of November, I decided to try out the circular time log.  The inner circle is to track the time in the morning and the outer circle is for the afternoon hours.  Personally, I also think the circular design looks prettier.  Let me know what you think.  Don't forget to come back next week and see how it works out for me.       

    Happy Sunday!!     When I was on my way to work about 2 weeks ago, an image came through.  When I got to work, I quickly sketched out the design.  I finally got to draw it out this week and I'm really happy that I was able to capture the essence that came through me that day!  Thank you universe!  :)     This is the word Tao in Chinese.  Since Chinese is an iconographic language, I really like the cloud design as part of the word.  I really like the ancient Chinese word because it's a word and a picture at the same time.     Please also check out my Etsy store if you are interested to acquire this painting: https://www.etsy.com/shop/mtangdesigns

When I first saw a tracker from other bullet journalists, I am very intrigued.  Once I tried it out, I was hooked.  I started trying out the tracker as part of the October weekly spreads.  By the second week of October, I realized that it would be a good idea to do a monthly tracking. For the month of November, I decided to combine the tracking with monthly calendar together.   It's the most simple way to remind myself or keep track of what I get done or not.  Not to mention, I enjoyed filling in the color. For the weekly spread, I added the time log tracker with each day.  This is a new design I came up with.  I want to try out for the first week and see how it works out.  Then, I will decide whether to continue on using the same format for next week or not. Since my daughter is a November baby, I decided to use a birthday or festival theme for November!  :)