It has been so long since our last blog! I had good intentions, but with one thing and another before I knew it almost five months had passed. One of the hardest parts I find is taking photos. The weather has been abnormally wet and many dull days make getting the light right for photos hard.
My entire life I have struggled with my lack of organizational skills, and it often feels like one big chaotic mess. Oh to be one of those born organized people. I have found the older I become the more difficult it seems to be. My menopausal brain is most definitely not helping! I am constantly misplacing items, forgetting things and lose my train of thought midway through a sentence.It is oh so frustrating and somewhat embarrassing.
Without question my creativity is being zapped by my lack of organization. A window of opportunity arises in which you think it would be perfect to do some crochet or sewing. By the time you have found the pattern, searched high and low for the tools you need and cleared off your workspace, you become so frustrated that you just don't feel like it anymore, or you no longer have the time, as you are needed elsewhere. Where do I start? How will I store things? What needs to be stored? Will Miss C help me???!!! This leads to more procrastination and then you ask yourself,do I want to be doing this or would I rather be creating? Well obviously I would rather be creating, however it is not a calming relaxing experience when you can't find things.
Miss C and I were inspired by all the lovely Advent calendars that people had last year and decided to make our own handmade advent calendars. Whilst my intentions were good, the year has rolled by and on my end I still have quite a lot to do. A lot of procrastination ensued on what to make. I was becoming extremely overwhelmed on Friday afternoon and after completing a couple of the smaller projects, I decided that I would begin packaging them and whilst on a roll, I packaged all that I had completed so far. To my surprise I had actually fully completed 14 of them. By focusing on what I had accomplished, instead of the long to do list that I still have left, made me feel so much better and more inspired to push on. With only 36 days until Advent begins will I get them finished?
Will I ever be an organized person that has everything in its place? Somehow I don't think so, however I would really like to try and tame some of the clutter in my life and allow my creativity to shine.
Until next time,
Samantha
