Spent a little time in the living room today removing ornaments and lights from the tree, then disassembling the tree and packing it away. Yep, a little late, but I put the tree up a little late, too. Now I have space to unpack and get a good look at all my ornaments. So much of my Christmas decor has been packed away for a few years that I've forgotten what I have. So now I can have a good look and make some decisions. I don't need all of it, so there will be some stuff going to Goodwill.
Not an exciting post, but it's a start, and soon I may even start including pictures of what's going on.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
2012 Here I come!
Not sure what I'm going to do with this, but I'm hoping it will help keep me aware of the passage of time. In turn, seeing in black and white how much time has passed since I last did something "post worthy", I might be inspired to pay a bit more attention to my projects.
I have been working from home the past 2 1/2 years with wildly varying volumes of work and no set schedule proofreading medical and financial materials for two companies online. I'm now also transcribing one person's memoirs and editing chapters of a murder mystery! I am grateful for interesting work.
Without a regular work schedule, I have not set a real routine for myself, so I easily sidetrack myself from my projects. I am going to make a concentrated effort to change that. My projects and interests include stuff I love to do like quilting, sewing, knit and crochet, among other things.
Projects on my current to do list, in no particular order:
1. Now that we're in a house with a little room to spare, I'd like to start entertaining a bit. Nothing fancy--maybe just have family over for dinner ever so often and, maybe, host a neighborhood dinner now and again, lunch with friends, things like that. You know, be a little sociable once in a while.
2. I'm going to lighten my load. I have too much stuff packed into every possible space. I've got to get it out where I can see it and decide which things I do not need. This will take a while and be an ongoing project. It probably will take several passes through everything to really do a good job. Hopefully that process will keep me mindful so I don't acquire more stuff.
3. Finish some WIPs--works in progress. I've got a few projects, mostly crafts, that were tucked away unfinished, then mostly forgotten. They also need to come out where I can see them and make time to finish them before starting more WIPs.
4. I have a couple of quilts in mind that I want to do this year. I read on forums and blogs of people who make numerous quilts each year--some make more than one a month! Wow! I should be able to finish one or two this year, right? Yep, as long as I keep in mind that's what I want to do, so I don't get sidetracked with other time-sucking stuff that I don't care about quite as much.
That's it. Now that it is written, I've got to make it so.
I have been working from home the past 2 1/2 years with wildly varying volumes of work and no set schedule proofreading medical and financial materials for two companies online. I'm now also transcribing one person's memoirs and editing chapters of a murder mystery! I am grateful for interesting work.
Without a regular work schedule, I have not set a real routine for myself, so I easily sidetrack myself from my projects. I am going to make a concentrated effort to change that. My projects and interests include stuff I love to do like quilting, sewing, knit and crochet, among other things.
Projects on my current to do list, in no particular order:
1. Now that we're in a house with a little room to spare, I'd like to start entertaining a bit. Nothing fancy--maybe just have family over for dinner ever so often and, maybe, host a neighborhood dinner now and again, lunch with friends, things like that. You know, be a little sociable once in a while.
2. I'm going to lighten my load. I have too much stuff packed into every possible space. I've got to get it out where I can see it and decide which things I do not need. This will take a while and be an ongoing project. It probably will take several passes through everything to really do a good job. Hopefully that process will keep me mindful so I don't acquire more stuff.
3. Finish some WIPs--works in progress. I've got a few projects, mostly crafts, that were tucked away unfinished, then mostly forgotten. They also need to come out where I can see them and make time to finish them before starting more WIPs.
4. I have a couple of quilts in mind that I want to do this year. I read on forums and blogs of people who make numerous quilts each year--some make more than one a month! Wow! I should be able to finish one or two this year, right? Yep, as long as I keep in mind that's what I want to do, so I don't get sidetracked with other time-sucking stuff that I don't care about quite as much.
That's it. Now that it is written, I've got to make it so.
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