Bad Boys Make Me Queasy

In case you haven’t heard, in addition to my graphic design business I have a little side gig called BlogathonATX. For reasons yet to be identified, last summer I decided that the best way for me to become more accountable for regularly blogging would be to produce a big event showcasing the fact that I’m a shitty blogger.

To clarify, graphic design is my first love—the college sweetheart who stuck with me for years, providing a modest yet stable lifestyle. Conversely, BlogathonATX is the questionable, beer-induced fling from which one wakes in a panic, feeling somewhere between thrilled and nauseated, wondering where she is and how she got there (not that I would know).

This one-nighter has managed to become a big part of my life and continues to bring me the kind of satisfaction I just can’t get from sitting alone in my office designing brochures and trade show graphics. I believe that creating BlogathonATX fuels my creativity and makes me a better designer, but  sometimes I still wake up confused and unsure how I got here.

I worry about getting so caught up with Blogathon lust that I forget my stable, dependable, clean-shaven day job. It’s hard to pass up on the bad boy though—the scruffy one who doesn’t seem right for me on paper; the one who makes me nervous and yet pushes me to my most authentic self. Who knows what could happen if I ran away with that bad boy?

Just thinking about it makes me nauseous.

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BlogathonATX takes place on Saturday, January 29th, 2011 at Conjunctured Coworking. Tickets are still available to happy hour from 6-9 pm.