Blogger & baker with baby, always awake. Urgh

Ok so I’ve never been a blogger or baker before. But I do have a baby. And a toddler too. So here’s the deal with the apples and my task to doodle one every day.

First, I jacked in my career. I thought I was trying to juggle it all but mainly I was just crying. The journey of combining intense work (raising a toddler) with intense work (demanding career) was tough. Neither one fitted
into its 9-5pm nor 5-9am designations, and all that overlap was frankly a headache. But really I just hated the days and times and snippets I was missing with the little one; my very own pint-sized, pre-school progeny.

So, when baby number two got on board, I started maternity leave early and… Well didn’t manage half of what I wanted to do because I was a beached whale. Never mind. Some are more glamorous than others in pregnancy!

Then the wonderful whirlwind of our new baby came along and I started my new journey of being home. No more juggling; parental bliss. And before long I realised… actually I needed to juggle a little bit because it drives you certifiable. I needed something that was just mine. To keep me sane, stop me crying. (Notice a pattern here…?!)

SO I STARTED ANOTHER NEW JOURNEY! I set myself a task, a headspace, a replacement ‘career’: to doodle. Specifically to doodle an apple a day. It would take minimal time and effort whilst being creative, and just this tiny commitment could be my new structure and discipline because I’d know it was there this small daily task to be done. Just mine. My rules were: one doodle, one page, every day. No prep, no rubbing out or starting over, a then and there doodle. Every day. For a year. Just to see what happens.

And this is what happened…