Lately:

I was a half-ass Pennywise and Popcorn was Georgie for Halloween!

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I picked up some cough drops on the way to a wedding that turned out to be lollipops so I looked like I was really into raving or a raving lunatic at the wedding where I lost my voice.

(photos and links available on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/31724598)

It's officially time for me to buy new gloves which bums me out in a big way because I got these from the studio tour of The Hobbit in New Zealand. (what a weird buy, right?).

(photos and links available on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/31724598)

I'm so in love with Charleston, SC. I never want to move out of my house, but if I do ever move, I hope it's some weird victorian house around here:

(photos and links available on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/31724598)

But I'm quite content to be at home for now:

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Things I mentioned:

The Happiness Lab Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-happiness-lab-with-dr-laurie-santos/id1474245040

The Happiness Lab class (which is totally free!): https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being

The book “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin - Gretchen Rubin

The Happier Podcast with Gretchen Rubin - https://gretchenrubin.com/podcasts/

10 Percent Happier with Dan Harris podcast: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast

Kristin Neff’s self compassion website: https://self-compassion.org

Anything Brene Brown touches is beautiful and wonderful: https://brenebrown.com

Things I’ve been loving:

JOJO RABBIT! Did you see it yet? Please go see it and we can talk about what a perfect human Taika Waititi is.

Cheese danishes!I'm mad about how difficult people make recipes, but I really wanted to make some gluten free cheese danishes and I figured out the perfect modification to this recipe - https://natashaskitchen.com/cream-cheese-danish-recipe/ - basically, thaw frozen puff pastry, cut it into 12 squarish shapes, whip cream cheese and vanilla extract together, put dollops of them on the pastry, and freeze all of them (if you want. I eat them one at a time), then toaster oven them on high for 8 minutes. If you're adding sweetened jam, you don't need to add sugar. Why does the internet make everything complicated?

The new Apple AirPods Pro! Even though they sort of look like Cartman! The noise cancelling is surprisingly good, although they don't stay in my ears quite as well.

(photos and links available on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/31724598)

Lately:

I tried (but didn't succeed for very long) to participate in Inktober:

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I've been loving the temperature and this is what our house looked like a week ago. Everything is yellow now, though!

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Things I mentioned:

This podcast about mistakenly seeking solitude was fascinating. I didn't relate with it entirely (in practice, I get really grumpy when people try to talk to me in public places), but it was a great listen.

This saying:

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Things I’ve been loving:

Kanopy! If you have a library card, you need to download this app on your Apple TV or just go to the website. You get access to tons of old films and I've been obsessing over some old films lately.

All the fall foliage. Is it nice where you are?

My morning decaf mochas! Specifically, getting to drink them outside. I make them with Milkadamia and it's my absolutely favorite non-dairy milk (I've tried so freaking many)

It Chapter II! I freaking love scary movies and halloween is my favorite holiday. Totally recommend it.

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My insanely big hat. I just love it.

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Lately:

I almost made a shirt, but gave up halfway through:

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I've been participating in class assignments at my illustration school:

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Which is too bad because working from home isn't easy:

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Things I mentioned:

Adobe Fresco for the iPad

Kyle Brushes for photoshop

Illustrations from my instagram

AND! I’m giving away a PDF of my first ever children’s book for Patrons this coming month for the $10 tier! Here’s a drawing from it:

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Things I’ve been loving:

The new iphone 11 pro max cameras:

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Frozen wild blueberries in macadamia milk (it makes the milk all slushy and it's delicious!)

AND! I'm so excited about the official inktober prompts! I've never participated, but I'm excited to try it this year:

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Lately:

(Photos on patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/30122351)

- Popcorn turned 4!

- I've been reading about writing, but making lots of progress on the pictures in my book! This cute crab confirms it.

- I'm also so ready for fall and clearly have a favorite color lately that I'm using as all my backgrounds!

(Photos on patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/30122351)

Things I mentioned:

Techniques for work that I’ve tried that eventually failed, but sometimes I’ll implement them again:

- Creating a new workspace

- Aromatherapy and essential oils (they aren’t magic, but they are linked to memory)

- Placebo effect

- Creating a space just for one specific task

- The Pomodoro Method

- The Patreon video about my most used apps for work and personal use - [VIDEO: Daily App Rituals - the technology I use every day and can’t live without | Nessa Kessinger on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-daily-app-29911358)

- My post about ergonomic sitting - [PSA: 5 tips for more ergonomic editing (from someone with arthritis) | Nessa Kessinger on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/posts/psa-5-tips-for-29942238)

- [Brain.fm: Music to improve focus, meditation & sleep.](https://brain.fm/)

Things I’ve been loving:

- Making pins that will probably never be made. But aren't they fun? <3

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- I found a local cafe that has... amazing gluten free pastries! This one is like a glorified toasters strudel. So what? Probably just a strudel?

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- I also got the new iphone and I'm excited, even though it still has a lot of dumb features (like this portrait mode photo).

- This beautiful post about black and white minimalist prints in the home. I'm too much of a maximalist for this stuff, but gosh it's pretty.

- Macadamia milk! I have this long series of stories saved to my instagram while I was on the search for the perfect dairy-free milk and Milkadamia is IT! It's delicious, it's not bad for the environment, it's not just made of sugar (sorry oat milk. you're taste good, but you're so bad for us). Bonus points because sam actually likes it! We put it in our coffee every day.

- The weather lately. That's all. It's just been really good.

Lately: London was beautiful, San Antonio and Austin have the best food, and I’m secretly bummed out that I never got my Hogwarts letter (except I sort of did because Sam bought me a prop letter to Harry for my birthday years ago).

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Things I mentioned: VIEW missing links on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/29596631

Last month’s videos about a breakdown of my “I Wish I Were Here” project - VIDEO: inside look - “I Wish I Were Here” photo series | Nessa Kessinger on Patreon

My culling video - VIDEO: What I look for when I’m culling (looking at a FULL unedited series of photos from a session!) | Nessa Kessinger on Patreon

The Pomodoro Method - The Pomodoro Technique Really Works for Productivity - The Muse

The Pomodoro app I use - ‎Focus Keeper - Time Management on the App Store

Spark Mail client The best email client for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android | Spark

Email video - (here’s my video on catching up on an overflowing inbox that I made when I was going through a bout of depression and was very behind) VIDEO: overflowing inbox? here’s your fix. | Nessa Kessinger on Patreon

Secret Cinema in London - Secret Cinema

I needed to make this scene moodier so it went from happy and colorful to a little foggy:

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And here’s a sketch for a spread I’ve been working on for the past day or two:

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Things I’ve been loving:

Blueberry Basil Kombucha

I’m not going to lie. Skincare has taken over my life and I’m really loving these products:

Tatcha - The Rice Polish Foaming Enzyme Powder - The Rice Polish Foaming Enzyme Powder - Tatcha | Sephora

Kiehls Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil Herbal Concentrate Cannabis Sativa Seed Oil Herbal Concentrate (Hemp-Derived) - Kiehl’s Since 1851 | Sephora

Kiehls Vitamin C. This is legitimately my third bottle of this! Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate 12.5% Vitamin C - Kiehl’s Since 1851 | Sephora

The Ordinary products are so affordable! I love their hyaluronic acid Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 - The Ordinary | Sephora

I hope this one makes sense! I feel like I usually talk more from notes because my brain goes off on tangents and I'm always afraid they don't connect in the end.

The summary of this podcast is: our jobs are not about luck, it's about working hard. It's important to give yourself credit for the things you've done and put yourself out there. And it's important for me to revisit what the actual PROCESS was like to get started, for me to then relay information to you in a way that is helpful.

There, I just saved you 10 minutes ;)

And here is what's been in my life:

Lately:

(photos and links available on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/10-minute-you-as-29040505)

- My new "business shoulders" dress was tried on while it was obviously laundry day (hello messy room)

- my new office chair is very comfortable and pretty

- and I've been eating outside with the best company a girl could ask for.

Things I mentioned:

- Honestly, these vegetable muffins are incredible and only 120 calories (shown below with cream cheese on top). I find them at Mom's organic market, but they're everywhere!

- This interview about how my business got started

- This Patreon post has my earliest pricing from my Craigslist days

Things I’ve been loving:

- Most of this post was inspired by a journal entry that was triggered by this comic strip by Naill.breen.comics that helped serve as a reminder to appreciate that I've worked hard on the less-awesome building block, foundational work that got to me to where I am.

- AND! I had my first ever sensorial deprivation chamber experience last week after a long long migraine. It didn't solve my migraine, but it was interesting!

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Life this week was in this cabin:

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I mentioned:

Working while traveling

Terrible vintage books

The Way Up North Conferences

Jonathan Canlas’s Instaproofs sales booklet

Instaproofs vs Shootproof vs Zenfolio

Beet lattes

My current “Stylebook” (which is basically a website version of the one I used to sell)

Things I’m loving:

These vintage stock photos

The newest season of Queer Eye

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I hope two podcasts in one month wasn't too much for you guys!

I'm amazed at how ramble-y I get during these. It started off at 18 minutes and it was cut down to 10 easily. :)

Talk soon, friends!!

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Lately in life:

My hair is finally red!

photo available on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/10-minute-self-i-28372523

I designed this wrapping paper for Sam's birthday!

photo available on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/10-minute-self-i-28372523

I haven't drawn much outside of my book, so this 15 minute sketch felt necessary to get out. I posted it over on my illustration instagram!

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And this half-covered dome in our backyard is the object I most relate with today. It looks like it got hot and kicked off the sheets, right?

photo available on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/10-minute-self-i-28372523

Things I mentioned:

Cayenne kombucha (I love GT's Cayennade!)

Instructional videos on Skillshare

BAI (Baltimore Academy of Illustration)

Baltimore's Aquarium

Things I'm loving:

Season 3 of Stranger things. (whatever. Not everything I like makes me unique and special and it's SO GOOD, you guys).

Veronica Mars. I totally missed the boat on this when it first came out!

Acorns App! I talked about it on instagram, but I put money into it every month, in addition to doing the round-ups and I just realized I made $400 without even thinking about it in the past 6 months. It's pretty cool! Also, if you sign up with that link, I get $5 and you get $5.

Shag. It was the first modern artist I recognized as art. I found his work when I was in high school and I'm still a fan. The merch site is updated more than any portfolio of his, so I have it bookmarked and I check it weirdly regularly.

Missing links available on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/10-minute-self-i-28372523

Thank you for your feedback on last month's poll! It seems like the length of this podcast is good for most, but a lot of people wanting it twice a month so next month, we are all in. :)

Today we were talking about all the things!

Here are two spreads from the book i’m working on (a nearly finished and a work in progress spread!)

Photo available on Patreon - www.patreon.com/posts/10-minute-for-vs-28033876

My bathroom "renovation":

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Scavenger Hunt for Sam:

Photo available on Patreon - www.patreon.com/posts/10-minute-for-vs-28033876

Things I mentioned:

- The class I take at BAI is called Storybook Illustration

- This overwhelmed email video I put out for you even though I was super anxious

- Read more about imposter syndrome

Things been loving this month:

- I posted all of my self portrait series on my Etsy and prints are available and I might have printed a few for my office because I really love them.

- Decaf coffee. It’s growing on me, OK?

- This ukulele chord progression generator. It makes me feel so lazy and good at ukulele.

- This shirt that I’ve wanted for literally years just came out as a thing you could buy and I may or may not have splurged because Jean Luc Goddard’s film “Breathless” was one of my first film inspirations ever.

- The Happy Newspaper. I don’t read the news, but if I did, it would be this one.

- My favorite children’s book is “Stuck” by Oliver Jeffers and I’ve gotten it from the library at least 3 times. It’s so dang funny.

Links available on Patreon - www.patreon.com/posts/10-minute-for-vs-28033876

In this podcast I mentioned:

- My super secret self portrait series! It’s going to be called “I Wish I Was Here” and it’s all about not being present and disassociating. Here’s a sample portrait:

photo available on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/10-minute-on-vs-26997831

- Using Planoly for social media

- The power of placebos

- Try your own hand at some sugar pills with Zeebo

- EMDR therapy (which is basically the argument against CBT; which is far more common and better suited for non-trauma related issues)

Things I'm loving this month:

- I have a tea tattoo so it's no surprise that I get on tea kicks. Most recently? Iced cinnamon tea. IT'S SO SWEET! You don't have to add any sugar to it and it tastes like sweet tea!

- I love living in our triangle house, but this pentagon shaped house has me rethinking what shape would be a better abode.

- Ice cream cones. No link required. I just found gluten free cones at the grocery store and I've been eating a lot of halo top ice cream cones and feeling very good about it.

- Rocko's Modern Life. OK, bear with me a second. This show might be the most accurate portrayal of what it's like to be an adult that's ever been on TV. Episodes are about joining the gym, getting the flu, going grocery shopping, flying coach and having kids bother you on the flight, washing your dog, going to the laundromat... it's seriously so good.