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Caught Between Projects

8/21/2015

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I can't decide if I have too many projects in progress or not enough.  There are days when I have time to make things, but don't know what to work on.  One project might be stalled by lack of materials, another by lack of inspiration, another by lack of sufficient time.  And sometimes I just can't decide which one is more important to me.  Last week was one of those weeks.  On days like this I jump from one project to another, unable to settle or move forward.  I can see several projects on my shelves, each one crying out to me in its own silent way to be finished.  And even more ideas in my head ready to be started if I wanted.  

Then I wonder if working on something is even the way to go.  Maybe what I should be doing is quietening my brain, relaxing, and not worrying about getting something done.  Then, of course, I get stuck on deciding just how to relax.  Breathe?  Read? Draw?  So then my mind jumps around once more trying to figure out the merits of each.  Wheels spin.  Nothing happens.  Which feels even worse since nothing has been accomplished.  Not projects or relaxing.  

I hate days like this.  Especially when they last for a week or more.  I think my brain is finally starting to settle down, though.  I have a few projects that are ready and waiting for me the next time I have time.  My sewing bag has two in-process projects for when I'm out and about.  And there's plenty of fabric in my closet should the ones on my shelf become stalled.  Okay, now I can breathe.  Because there is always a certain amount of relaxing that occurs when I have something to work on.

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Yanic link
9/8/2015 10:31:23 am

Oh my, I feel like that all the time... I wish I could just gun through a project until it,s done and then start a new one, but like you, some days, I need to start something new. I think I'm just in love with the excitement of starting... carrying it through though, that is what I need to work on. :-P

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Carley Biblin
9/20/2015 09:45:27 pm

Yeah. Somehow the excitement of a new project is way more than the excitement of the prospect of finishing a project...until it actually is done and you get to use and enjoy the thing.

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