I’m turning into my grandpa, getting up by 4am most mornings. Usually I spend some time painting or folding/cutting space money, depending on the current stage of the current batch. Lately I’ve got a good routine going that fits into my life pretty well. In our “library” room downstairs–more like my “studio” these days–I’ve got a nice painting set-up at an old style flip down secretary desk, perfect for standing at, and spots for drying fourteen 8.5×11 sheets of painted paper, which, when multiplied by 8, translates to 112 pieces of space money per batch. It takes about a half day for paint to dry, so I can do two stages of a batch per day. At that rate, a batch of space money can be made in about 3 days. I don’t make space money every day, but since it’s such an easy process: about 20 minutes to paint a batch-stage (and cutting/folding takes even less time), I do tend to spend time almost daily doing this. It’s become a meditation, really.
