Comments on: How To Get Out of a Rut

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:23:28 +0000

I white-glove clean something, “german-lady” clean it as Eric says. Something. Walls. A room. Cats (uncooperatively). Definitely not my son’s bathroom tho because there’s something nasty incubating there. ebola, dengue fever, you know, minimally hemorrhagic fevers or something. The only way it gets clean is if I threaten to blog about his bathroom. [Blogging, a new parenting tool. Who knew?] My bathroom is too small to go hog wild. I’m more inclined to wet mop (boiling water and bleach) the floors. Our floors don’t have drains like the house I grew up in so I can’t get too crazy but basically, I’d hose it down (from the ceiling down, stripping everything) if I could.

By: maria

maria — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:48:51 +0000

Count me in as a bathroom cleaner. I did this just last weekend. I consider it “constructive procrastination”, and the meditative toilet-bowl scrubbing has yet to let me down. It’s kind of like when you have a word at the tip of your tongue, and you make yourself forget it: that’s when it comes to you– in the middle of the night.

I was at work until 10pm last night making syllabi and semester charts. I came home in such a nit-picky organizational haze that I proceeded to pluck the living daylights out of my eyebrows. They look professionally done and they are actually cleaner than a wax.

By: verbalcroquis

verbalcroquis — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:25:18 +0000

Well, I’m so happy that I was able to help someone! Seriously–it’s the reason I blog here, to help people.

>The mutual admiration society, as I like to call it, stifles your creativity and makes you complacent faster than you might think. If you really want to help me, argue with me. Hold me to a higher standard. Demand that I be better than my last project.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I’m always trying to get people to critique my work and often people are afraid of making me mad or coming off negative or jealous in front of others.

By: vickib

vickib — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:56:43 +0000

When my oldest son was in middle school, one of his teachers said he wasn’t sure that my son was always using his full potential. It made me realize that no one can always perform at their very top ability, or, they will burn out very fast. That teacher must have known that,as he had never perfomed at the top of his abilities.

By: J C Sprowls

J C Sprowls — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:40:37 +0000

My day-job boss asked me today how much budget I needed to develop a collection. So, I gave her a range for 3 pricepoint targets. She was a little shocked!

She had been perusing the London Fashion Week on Yahoo and was getting inspired. BTW… anyone been to that, yet?

Back to the matter at hand… Zoe’s advice is excellent. I love that she covered the gamut of healthy & constructive means of expression.

I especially like: “dismantle the echo chamber”. I find this to be key in all industries. The mutual admiration society, as I like to call it, stifles your creativity and makes you complacent faster than you might think. If you really want to help me, argue with me. Hold me to a higher standard. Demand that I be better than my last project.

By: Karen C.

Karen C. — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:03:05 +0000

I’m absolutely always amazed by Mr. Galliano’s genius and creativity. Especially to see how it all filters down into mass RTW in about 3-5 years. Would love to have his collection budget!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:54:25 +0000

Has Galliano ever had a bad collection??? That man is a freak of genius! Even when critics put down his collections, they’re still inspired and excellently put together- and so unmistakably… his. Yeah, he’s my favorite, along with Christian Dior. Needless to say I’d wear anything Dior from any era. OK, I’m embarrassed now. Me Galliano dork. Blush.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:37:39 +0000

Ironing does it for me .

By: Karen C.

Karen C. — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:30:19 +0000

I’m a bathroom cleaner too! It’s meditative for me. And I also just start reading books, magazines, watching movies–then it all starts flowing again.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:20:39 +0000

This is a wonderful article. Thank you. Sometimes it’s hard to admit the insecurities and freezes we all get, but acknowledging them and working with them is more productive than letting them paralyze you.

Now I’m off to vacuum…