Do you ever find life so busy that you actually have dust accumulating on your quilting projects? Sadly, that is the state I am in. I work full-time and I volunteer for multiple organizations and I found myself lacking the time to do the thing that always makes me feel in tune with my creative self.
So, starting today, I'm planning on a few things to help me prioritize my quilting time. One of those is my 20 minutes per blog post. This blog is something that has suffered from lack of attention too. No quilting = no content to write about.
I have found that my Blogger app is great to use on my phone. It is easy to snap a picture of what I'm going to be working on and add it right in.
That's one of the ways to build habits that add value to your life. Take something you struggle to do and allow a few minutes to focus in on it, in this case, today's blog post. Reward yourself with something you love to do, in my situation that would be time with my quilting projects. Finally, add a time limit to the whole thing so it doesn't overwhelm you. I'm shooting for 30 minutes. If after 30 minutes I'm having fun and nothing else is pressing, then keep on quilting. At least this way, if all you do is 30 minutes, that starts to build forward momentum. I don't want to look back at the end of a week and say I just let dust accumulate on my quilting projects. With multiple 30 minutes blocks, there is no doubt great progress will be made.
So what will I spend the rest of my 30 minutes today on? A dancing date with my longarm, trying to practice my feathers.
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