I woke up after a mediocre night of sleep ready to tackle the day today! And fell flat on my face. I don’t know what happened.

It feels like all of the life was just sucked out of me, which doesn’t make much sense. I actually slept decent-ish last night, my heart rate was low, my HRV was back to normal, and I still felt like I had a head full of cotton today.

I tried napping, which was a success on the sleep part, but didn’t help my energy levels at all.

Still, I had a fairly successful day with my Weekly Review, TONS of studying, and hitting my “floor” for art today.

You can tell I had no energy and focus while I was working on my warmup for the day.

I still managed to make some progress on the long pose I’m working on. More rendering, tightening the hand and the face, and a little bit of work on the hair.

And a tiny bit of work on my client’s design for tomorrow, which I forgot to save before I left the cabin.

What went well?

• Not breaking the chain.
• Catching up just in time with my client drawings.
• Plenty of study time.

What needs work?

• My energy and focus.

What did I learn?

Today I was learning a lot about mindset when it comes to networking and collaboration. I’m excited to bring high-quality people into my life!