What to do when everything just falls apart

[BigCheddar]

I've been having a little trouble lately. I have this giant order for x-mas orders and a bit stressed out. I've been working long hours (like most) and have had several days where nothing I make comes out at all. Normally I'd just take a day or two off and come back to it and everything is fine. With this deadline though, I don't have the luxury. Any suggestions on what I can do? I've tried taking an hour break, smoking a bowl and getting drunk but for some reason drinking and blowing glass don't work very well. Relax j/k about the drinking. Thanks for the help.

[jiminyrootkit]

well, it only takes one day of having NOTHING you make come out before you would have been better off just taking that day off the torch you needed.
how many of those days have you had?
it might be time to just say order be damned, i'm taking tomorrow off
-f

[Mark F]

A couple of beers and some tunes I haven't listened to for a while helps me out.

[Zed]

outsource t your friends whatever you don't want to make. Try to negotiate a price that lets you make something too, for the hassle.

[jethro]

Jiminy has it....get rid of the stress then hop back on the torch.

Maybe try something new to get the creative juices flowing and break up the monotony.

[CripSkillz]

Im doin that right now broke a piece i was workin on burnt my hand and my wrist , and ran outa propane, so Im jsut going to wait till tomarrow to re fill it cuz im over it today..

[JHog]

drink more beer...

(just gotta practice more to get beer and hot glass to work together)

[glassdocnc]

hot tub or bubble bath with someone you like slippery

[menty666]

reward yourself by making something fun and different for every ___ of the whatever you finish. If you like making marbles, make a marble. Enjoy making mushroom pendants, make a couple of those. Got a slingshot? Make a couple of vaguely round marbles and fire them off into woods. Gather all that stuff together you've been meaning to shred so your nosy neighbor doesn't steal your identity, put it in a metal trash can, and toss a fresh off the torch marble in there just to watch it burn.

Basically set yourself a nice reward and earn it :)

[nafglass]

I second the listening of good tunes not heard in a while. This always gets the creativity up.

[jazz]

yeah... it would seem to all be good. personally a fan of the slingshot/ burning stuff option... burning stuff is ALWAYS good!

[garrick]

that pandora thing has been a lifesaver for me lately. when i get on the torch i dont want to stop cause i always want to hear what they are gonna play next.

[jr23]

Pandora is the best thing going if you are into randomly selected similar music. I have a bootsy collins , Rick James Radio stations. I have many more but a session that starts a little funky leads to good things.

[michaeL25]

i tend to step back and take a big picture view of my life. usually focusing on being healthy. Am I eating well? Am I exercising enough? Sleep? etc. If you don't have the basic needs covered, you don't have a foundation to do well in other life activities.

[Icarus]

Great Pandora stream, type in "Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones" or "Grant Green". Just hours and hours of great background jazz. That and my "godspeed you black emperor" station have been getting me through a semester of incredibly monotonous homework.w

[yinzer]

i agree with burning stuff
or just plain old blowing shit up

[DanBrooks]

i like to curse a lot. it really helps when i say fuck about 20 times then break some shit then have a beer and get back to work.

[gmkcpa]

Having a hot sexy wife who never gets a headache helps get over the rough times

[CripSkillz]

I didnt make it past the wife part and I started getting a headache

[The Lorax]

i say i will get to it tomorrow. then i don't. :stubborn:

[skip]

lol crip haha

[sertaiz]

smoke a bl*nt with every friend you have until your bored with that and then leave into the woods for 3 days and have an adventure. fuck hop a train and spend 100 in tens, nothing larger on whatever every 420 and play the lottery, eat candy, buy beer, mebbe a girl if your in chinatown, some cheap watches oh and just one of those bonzai kitten in a bottle things to have for halloween.

also burn things, i just burnt the shit outta my finger actually, it helps you forget about whatever you were worrying about and live in the moment.
but it still hurts...

lemme know on the kitten thing i think i can get them by the ten cheaper

[Meta Glass]

i do a combo of everything on here

yell fuck and variations of it for a while while doing prep

or take a lil bit of time to start something you actually wanna do if you can spare the glass/gas etc

redbull and jack for the win

[BigCheddar]

Thanks everyone, lots of good advise and I got a good chuckle out of some of the posts.