Happy Sunday Rockstars and Lambs!
It's me. Josh Cooley typing away at my laptop here at Studio JRy.
I love to take Sundays to just marinate in thought away from everyone.. except my mom. She is probably the most important person to me and equally as busy. Carving out time for her is essential to me and I can't even start to think of taking my Sundays for granted.
I also make time in my life for another person that means the world to me. Sometimes I place this person on too high of a pedestal and I have to remind myself to "back off" as not to smother him. The rest of my friends closest to me see me whenever and that's alright with me. Really.
This week has been a week of stagnancy and lethargy. Health wise, I've been adjusting my diet to accommodate a gastrointestinal condition I'm suspicious of. I can't go into too much detail, but only to tell you that I have taken precautions and studied it and researched it and have come to the conclusion that I'm a lucky son-of-a-bitch if I think it's what it truly is. I won't die from this disease, but it is something I have been dealing with heavily and more frequently with the last couple years. Those closest to me know what I'm talking about and I just am hinting in the blog at this point.
Let's leave it at that.
As part of a my dis-"ease", a common lethargy takes place and makes it almost unbearable for me to want to be motivated to do much else. Going to the salon, taking care of business and answering emails was about as as much as has gotten accomplished this week.
For me to hold it together and just ignore what's going on is a disservice to me. I just prefer to take time to myself, stay at home and read or remain relatively low-key these days.
About a month ago, I blogged about the online drama caused by another hairdresser in town and honestly, it's been all about me protecting myself and keeping myself out of harm's way by not being "as present" online or in public.
After this month's sabbatical, I feel like I can continue onto projects in the Studio JRy / Rockstars and Lambs Ltd Universe.
I have the outline for my book and want to give it a voice this spring and write, write, write. Another project I have in mind is a photoshoot and look book for the salon published by yours truly with collaboration from a photographer. I've always wanted to work on a book that is for consumers and hairdressers. 1 part coffee table book, and 1 part instructional for the salon colorist / designer. It's time to begin work on my brand.
I've also been quiet because I've been working on editorial photoshoots for magazines and marketing. It's very different working editorially and unlike alot of my creative counterparts, I don't give "too much" info until the final result is about to be released...
So, with health-issues aside (because really, I don't focus on it too much until I flare up), I've been quietly working on projects away from Joico and away from the salon.
Thank you all for reading the blogs and keeping my name present on the internet. I'll be back sooner than later to share more with you.
Hearts,
JRy
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