balancing school and work

We are so close to the weekend, yet there is so much to do. Since I started to work with clients on several design projects, I've been trying really hard to balance school and work. My job is very time consuming but productive, which is what keeps me doing it, besides for the fact that I love my job and that motivates me even more. 

This is what I'm currently doing at work and at school...

// work

Putting all your ideas into a visual presentation in a sketch is a great way to start any design project. As a graphic designer, I start by doing a sketch of the blog layout as my base and draw elements I wish to appear in my blog design. Once I know what I want, I meet my lover, Photoshop, to play with the color wheel, type fonts and creating my own graphics. It's been 1 week and a half since I started this amazing design journey (working with real clients). It all started on Instagram when I tagged my later-to-be client in one of my photos showing off my design and coding skills. By the way, I can't wait how her new blog design will turn out. I'm also busy designing a new blog template called ICE, which I will soon make it available for all of you to purchase at an affordable price. I will be posting shots of the blog design once in a while...

ICE Blogger Template will be designed with #photographers #bloggers #models in mind so if you're in one of these fields, you will completely fall in love with the layout.

The sketch looks as if a 3rd grader would have drew it, but once the design and code is done for the layout, you will want to get the blog design for yourself! (This is not the final sketch).

// school

One of the reasons I'm spending a lot of time on my computer is because I'm writing a lot of essays for my dual enrollment - college level - English class (FIU papers). I'm working on my final draft for my literacy narrative which I chose to write about my multicultural experience. Tomorrow is due a second draft of a 1000 word strong response essay to one recent article about a young girl who committed suicide due to bullying.

I can tell and feel that there is a huge improvement on my English skills since I attended an international American school in my previous country. Back in 2008, my English was horrible.

I wouldn't be able to accomplish any of my essays or design projects without eating chocolate ice cream and listening to my favorite playlist on repeat to keep me awake during these long nights. What have you been up to? if you work and go to school, how do you manage to balance both in a daily basis?


(Pardon me again for these terrible quality photos... I took them all with my iPhone 5, but hey, my lamp does not light up the room that much).