Someone recently said (on FaceSpace, of course) "If it's important to you, you will do it. Otherwise, you will make excuses."
I snorted and walked away. But somehow, this phrase came along for the ride. It's been rattling around in the back of my head like a toddler who got out of his seat belt while going down a country road at 60 miles an hour and demanding attention. I finally sat down and stared it in the face like the mirror I found it to be, and asked myself 'what does this apply to?' and 'why is this hitting such a nerve?'.
I have decided that I am in a rut of creativity, and I have been making excuses about why I have not been finishing the things I have started. I cannot even count the number of knitting projects I have on needles right now; 2 have formed necklaces I am beading; countless stories started.... the list goes on.
I make excuses like: Oh! there's a new Yarn Harlot blog entry I need to read! There's failblog posts I haven't seen yet! There's a game I haven't played....... books I haven't read....... tv shows from 2002 I can watch for free now........ Squirrel! Shiney thing! Must see all the internetz!
I digress. See what I mean?
So, I am limiting my time on SpaceBook, and failblog and trying to spend more time focusing the things that are important, like my kids, and the laundry, and my 'creative outlets'.
Wish m luck! I will (try) to keep you posted.
