I don't know if this seems very uncreative of me, but I need to be on a schedule or something. Really! I mean, does anyone else feel that way about their creative work? I get distracted so easily that maybe I need to have designated hours or days to do certain things. It's getting bad. I don't want to miss deadlines and I want to actually finish a project already!
I'm going to have to schedule my quilting and writing or neither will get done! Yikes!
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No, Elle, I don't think scheduling is "uncreative" one bit. Scheduling is discipline, commitment, and dedication in my eyes. When I worked a full schedule and then some, my goal was 10-15 hours a week of actually hands onto materials (not reading about, surfing about, etc. quilting) but actual time of designing, sketching, sewing, admiring :) my work. If I received a phone call during my time, I learned to say "tell them, I'm sewing" or "can I call you back after such and such time, I'm working right now" because that limited 10 hours a week became much more sacred to me. Good luck and keep on keeping on!
I agree, otherwise you may end up doing nothing. Remember my quilt-a-day thing? I wasn't inspired at all. I just forced myself to make something between certain hours of the day. I'm going to have to do the same thing again now that I'm returning to work. Melody said that she did some of her best work when she worked a full-time job and quilted on the weekends. You gotta do what you gotta do girl. Hey, where is my Baobob tree?
I haven't forgotten about the baobab tree, trust me! I roll ideas through my mind about that one, but I HAVE to finish a jazz quilt first.
I agree that scheduling can make a difference. I think its about focussing on what you really want to do and keep going with it until its finished. If you get distracted it means you need to focus more closely on what you are doing as if that is the only thing that matters at that moment.
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