I have not been managing my time well recently. For a while I had an excuse, but that’s all over now. For the past week, I’ve gotten to the end of the day wondering what, exactly, I have accomplished.
I see many areas in the house that need my attention. For one thing, new arrivals for the store are waiting to be put away and their boxes broken down & recycled. Right now they’re piled-up in the kitchen, of all places. Laundry is another issue. Most of it is clean, but little of it is actually put away. And dare I admit that my Christmas tree is still up? I’m considering decorating it with construction paper hearts and calling it a Valentine’s decoration. Somehow that seems easier than packing the poor thing up.
Creatively, I’m feeling frustrated and missing my sewing machine. Last thing I sewed was a coffee cup cozy for my sister for Christmas, and my fabric has been stashed away ever since. I got my polymer clay fix a few weeks ago, so I’m not feeling a real pull towards that right now. Knitting has become my main creative outlet, and that’s really only because it’s portable, and I can sit on the couch with it after the kids go to bed during my regularly-scheduled evening downtime. Not that I don’t enjoy the knitting. I do. I am having such fun learning new techniques – I made my first cable yesterday, as you can see from the photo. (That’s a pair of Dashing in progress.)
Right now I’ve got a growing itch to sew something, but I find it hard to justify making a crafty mess when I haven’t cleaned up the other messes around here. And I haven’t cleaned up the other messes because I am somehow being sucked into a time vortex during the day. Before I know it, it’s time for the kids to come home and I haven’t managed to shower! (which reminds me, I’d better do that today…) I don’t even know what I want to make. I just know I want to be back behind the machine sooner than later.
So, yeah, time management issues abound here. I know a few good strategies, I just have to actually employ them.
I guess that’s where I’m headed after this blogging break – to dust off Remember the Milk, update my abandoned task lists, and put some order back into my life. Oh, and I should probably take that shower, too.
just looked at the time— the vortex took over 🙂 that does sound like a viable excuse. I might have to give it a try. Test it on the honey.
I don’t think he’s buying it 🙂