Jeanean Songco Martin 's comment on I'd Rather Be Painting

Hello Kathleen, I feel the same dilemma that you have expressed. Yes, we must all acknowledge that having a web presence is important in this computer age but time spent on the computer, worthy and as necessary as it may be, is time spent away from the easel. I will say since I signed on to FASO I have spent less time managing my webpage and have enjoyed updating and making changes because it is so much easier than begging my family or friends to help me with the computer. I can do it myself!

Moderation is the key. Setting schedules is a strategy that sometimes works for me. I get much more accomplished by making demands on myself in terms of time management. Sometimes I even follow my schedules. In the morning I step in to the studio or drive to a site to work on a landscape,or join fellow painters to work from the model. It doesn't matter if I get anything accomplished. What matters to me is that I have given myself the time necessary to create with no distractions. I've given myself the time to dream and to go into myself and not "out there". The computer is like "Mrs. Robinson" always trying to seduce us.