Time to get crafty!

I'm starting to get an itch.
It's one that I've had many times.
I know the symptoms.
I know the cause.
And, luckily, I know the remedy.

During the summer I was steadily working, either full time at my regular job or working on various films. But then the fall rolled around. On set work started to dry up, and my hours at work were reduced for the fall/winter as expected. I've had time to sit back, relax, and do absolutely nothing.

Now here's the problem.

While in high school I always had something to do. I started working at 15 (if you don't count working for family) and never stopped all the way through to graduation. Pile on some extra curriculars and some volunteering and I was a busy person. My life since starting college, however; could be mapped mapped out like a drawing of a sound wave. Full of peeks and valleys in responsibility vs. free time. It's a trend that's continued even after receiving my diploma. So in this cycle I get really busy and have tons of things to do and then suddenly I wont be busy at all. And it's always nice and refreshing.. at first.

Then I start to get bored. All of a sudden I start needing something to do. Something to keep me busy and occupied. I need a goal, a task. Anything to say that I have accomplished something. That is my itch.

Now for the remedy.

In times like these when I am short on things to do, I get crafty. And my itch is scratched.