I admit it. I print out tutorials on great little projects all the time. I waste so many trees doing it-because I NEVER actually do them. This weekend I did spend a few hours working on Grayson's Activity Book. I did the outside cover (from an old pair of Jeans, and started one inside page with (from a bed skirt I bought at the Goodwill Store for $1) that has some counting buttons. I'll be finishing off the zipper & snap pages this coming weekend as I have 4 hours on the calendar for "creative time".
Now, I just found a great Tutorial for a tote bag that I MUST make! Take a peek at Snips & Spice to see it: Snips & Spice: Anthropologie Inspired Tote I hope that I don't just add it to the pile of cool ideas! I will add it to the creative calendar for April...since Grayson's book will take up the rest of March & I also have a full day of scrapbooking with my cousin on March 27!!
I do find a greater sense of calm the day after I make significant progress against one of my "wannado's"!
Monday, March 7, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Do you create motivation or does it just start on it's own?
I'm really good at getting to all of those "gotta do" things in life: Wash bottles, Do laundry, Change diapers, Clean toilets, Make dinner, Go to work. OK so I'm not so good at excercising.
I'm also, not very good at my "wanta do" things: Scrapbook, Read, Play Wii, Go to the movies, Finish a sewing project, Make the baby's activity book.
I originally thought it was a "lack of motivation".
After a lot of pondering, I think that it all stems from an incorrect definition.
Let's face it, I used to do soooo much more with my time when I was so much more busier (in my 20s). I think about college when I worked almost full time, pulled an internship, had a full academic load, and had a fabulous night life. Then all of the "gottas" and "wantas" were the same. AND I had the same amount of sleep then.
Was I more highly motivated then? Or, was it just a way of life?
Again, it's definitions isn't it?
So, I am now resigned to define what I do as what I "wanta" do. I don't think it's the case that I need to let some of the "gottas" fall off of the list...I just need to redefine my "wantas" as "gottas".
If you build it, the motivation will come. I need to stop waiting for the magic switch to be thrown and that I'll be automatically energized to do all that I "wanta". I need to just start and the motivation will build.
Right?
I'm also, not very good at my "wanta do" things: Scrapbook, Read, Play Wii, Go to the movies, Finish a sewing project, Make the baby's activity book.
I originally thought it was a "lack of motivation".
After a lot of pondering, I think that it all stems from an incorrect definition.
Let's face it, I used to do soooo much more with my time when I was so much more busier (in my 20s). I think about college when I worked almost full time, pulled an internship, had a full academic load, and had a fabulous night life. Then all of the "gottas" and "wantas" were the same. AND I had the same amount of sleep then.
Was I more highly motivated then? Or, was it just a way of life?
Again, it's definitions isn't it?
So, I am now resigned to define what I do as what I "wanta" do. I don't think it's the case that I need to let some of the "gottas" fall off of the list...I just need to redefine my "wantas" as "gottas".
If you build it, the motivation will come. I need to stop waiting for the magic switch to be thrown and that I'll be automatically energized to do all that I "wanta". I need to just start and the motivation will build.
Right?
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