Sometimes I confuse myself.
So I've sort of made a few resolutions for the new year in my head, but haven't written them down. Well... I suppose printing out 12 blank calendar pages with places for adding up weekly sales and such, and filling out the first one with the appropriate days and "Jan '11" at the top sorta counts as writing down that I plan to keep better track of my finances this year... but other than that I haven't written them down.
Perhaps that's okay though, because that way I can figure out more specific goals and ways to accomplish them before I write things. I think I just came up with one tonight. Instead of just saying that I want to finish the projects I've started, or at least bought some/all of the materials for, I'll set the goal this way: I have to complete one item with stuff I already have before I can buy ANYTHING for starting a new project. This won't count for stuff like bells and ribbon ends for making chokers, which I have to replenish on a regular basis. Just new stuff. Or even new additions to stuff I'm slowly rounding up for one larger project... like the crazy coat I have planned which... is hard to explain in a way that doesn't sound horrible. Haphazardly sewn together frayed scraps and mismatched buttons? Yeah... hard to make that sound as cool as it looks in my head.
So even though I've already started collecting buttons for that... NO MORE, until I make something else. I've got a half finished PrincessTutu pendant that just needs resin put on the back, and then the chain attatched once the resin hardens, so that's a start. That'll get me one more button. Want to get nylon chiffon for making the pettiskirt-fluff part of the steampunk patchwork skirt of doom that I've been planning for months? Too bad! I have to make some earrings first. :)
Hmm... this plan seems like it might actually work. I'm feeling pretty good about it. Although... Is it insane that my motivaiton for finishing projects is allowing myself to start more projects? Because that just sounds really weird when I stop and think about it. O_o
Maybe I can try setting a new goal to start working on every Monday. Or something. We'll see how the crazy project managing idea works out first. XD