That is very curious. I hope they are alright and I hope for you that you can continue your mission without this derailing you. I know I saw such a pleased response from you when you did previous parts of this plan. Good luck!
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Oh dear, I hope it’s nothing to worry about. That’s a good idea to enlist a friend - that would help keep up momentum for you.
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I very much have a momentum problem depending on how much I want to work on the project. Sometimes I get very excited to start a project but if I can’t finish it within whatever made-up time period my brain decides, I lose interest entirely. I’m concerned that if I drag everything out of my craft room, I’ll have to stop for something like “taking care of my family” (
) then I’ll get sidetracked and not touch it again unless absolutely necessary.
On a positive note, I finished my latch hook kit!
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Oh, Brains, why are you like this? (I say, avoiding working on several projects I’m theoretically excited about…)
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I was just thinking about this earlier today! Why in the world do I procrastinate on the stuff I’m excited to do!? I never did figure it out, lol.
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When you figure it out, you will be a genius to all! I have done that my entire life…I think part of it is the excitement of the pressure…can you beat the clock? But, once I get going, I then become so hyper focused that I forget to sleep, eat, or even answer the phone! I can’t think of anything else except to get it done…I have accepted that I am wired that way and have managed to deal with it, but it is still annoying when I think about it!
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I procrastinate a lot too! For me, I think it often goes back to perfectionism - I don’t want to mess it up so I put off making a start. It’s a lot easier to keep going once I’ve started, but then if I’ve put a project aside for too long, it’s a challenge again …
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Yeah, same here. If I dont start the project, it will always work out perfect! If I do start it, it might not be perfect. But once I start, its fun and it will become something at least.
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I know that perfectionism and procrastination are linked. We just need to be more forgiving of ourselves as mistakes are not the end of the world! I saw that @TheMistressT posted that a mistake is like a bruise, not a tattoo…I need to put that up on my wall!
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This does not surprise me. I’m trying to get better with it, but I can do pretty much anything else instead of putting away laundry.
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@irid3sc3nt , @AIMR both of those can also be linked to anxiety hand up here
Also our wedding photographer disappeared after our wedding, she popped up a while later - she had been sick and her husband had been busy looking after their toddler and no one had contacted the clients… not what I would do, but I guess when life gets you, sometimes it gets you good
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The girl & I made album bowls, quick & fun!
Napkin bag turned into napkins
Painted pages turned into dividers for organizing mail
Karen Brown’s DIY ironing shelf
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Those are fun. It’d have to be certain records because my husband has a nice vinyl collection. I’d have to thrift it. Maybe one of the millions of copies of the same album by Herb Alpert.
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That or find something that’s scratched up or played until it wears down the grooves.
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Finally got my first project of the year done! 2023 Entries in my Reading(+) journal.
Just a sampling of pages. The full nonsense is here: 2023 Reading Stats Journal Pages
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Amazing! You are an inspiration!
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That’s fantastic fabric and looks like a really handy way to do a lot of kinds of pressing!
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Nice! I have a couple wreaths that look like this only, you know, in a circle. I use the green one for St. Patrick’s Day… slowly adding more elements to it.
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