Day Eight: 2024

5-minute read. Content warning: financial stress and headache

chatGPT Summary: Kay reflects on the tension of spending while working outside their home studio The day unfolds with the making of a kraft-paper trailer model and late-night projection tests, ending in a midnight bike ride home.

Started the day with a Macha. I’m struggling not to spend cash while being out and about and feeling it. Definitely a different temptation than working from my studio. Between using my daily data (oof), an evo this morning because I started so late with a headache, and then a 13-dollar smoothie for lunch – I desperate to try to stay put inside for the rest of the day and not spend another cent…

A small kraft paper model in the shape of an RV trailer. The body slopes from front to back.
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Later…

I kept it simple today but I ended up staying hekka late doing some projection tests. Doing a midnight bike ride home!

Technology note:

I continue to test the use of AI within my writing and artistic practice. I used chatGPT to create a summary and reading estimate, and recommend some content warnings for this blog, and Grammarly to assist me in spelling and grammar.