Last week I had sinusitis. If you've never had it, don't. It's horrible and causes me to keep leaning sideways as I can't see properly out of my left eye (last time I managed an infected sinus it was my left side, and it remembers). Felix had to stay home Wednesday and Thursday to take care of the kidlets (and their mother) and it was on Thursday I had an epiphany of sorts.
I was soaking in a bath, hoping the steam would help, reading "Craft for the Soul: how to get the most out of your creative life" by Pip Lincolne. It was brilliant, really brilliant and spoke to me so much about what kind of crafter I really am.
I'm not that creative. I like to call myself "technically proficient" because I'm very good at what I do manage but not many original ideas up in the old skullski. It's held me back from writing about what I do make, because "Look, I'm just making stuff that other people thought up" doesn't sound that interesting to me.
I've wanted to sew more, though. I went to a Kikki K Goals workshop and it changed how I think about everything. I realised there's only three main goals in my life right now:
1. Get into routines and organise the household better for everyone else.
2. Concentrate on getting my business into the next level.
3. Have a wardrobe consisting on mostly clothes made by me.
That's why I'm hemming a skirt at 10:30 at night.
I was soaking in a bath, hoping the steam would help, reading "Craft for the Soul: how to get the most out of your creative life" by Pip Lincolne. It was brilliant, really brilliant and spoke to me so much about what kind of crafter I really am.
I'm not that creative. I like to call myself "technically proficient" because I'm very good at what I do manage but not many original ideas up in the old skullski. It's held me back from writing about what I do make, because "Look, I'm just making stuff that other people thought up" doesn't sound that interesting to me.
I've wanted to sew more, though. I went to a Kikki K Goals workshop and it changed how I think about everything. I realised there's only three main goals in my life right now:
1. Get into routines and organise the household better for everyone else.
2. Concentrate on getting my business into the next level.
3. Have a wardrobe consisting on mostly clothes made by me.
That's why I'm hemming a skirt at 10:30 at night.
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