Update on the resolutions and things
I'm going to keep logging my quilting projects. I only have a few more to go. I've found the act of pulling each one out, photographing it and then taking stock of what is done and what is to be done really really useful.
It's part of something I'm trying in life generally, the "do it now not later" philosophy. I've been applying it to emails and I think that's part of the Zero Inbox thing - that if you read it and do nothing to come back later, coming back later to address it will involve rereading it, getting your head around what you are reading, remembering what you were up to and then doing it. The act of filing it as you read it, or making the decision of what has to happen next and just adding that to your to do list, seems to really help in getting up to date. Mostly I guess cause you are removing the getting up to speed aspect with things. It's been hard for me to get used to filing things without actioning them but funnily enough I don't think it's hampered action. For example, I know what TPP projects I am working on and which deadlines are coming up. Having related emails sitting in my inbox waiting for actions such as editing the latest version of a story versus sending that email to the tag with that project name doesn't change the outcome. But filing does help with feeling on top of things and with sorting the other more urgent emails to action.
So I've been trialling that for email and running some new list systems for my work/TPP lives in general. I'm wanting to look at some systems that will work for me for keeping track, remembering what and actioning my new years resolutions.
The logging my quilting projects has helped me pick up ones that I have left aside for a while now. I started with the Hexagon one which I've progressed a lot since I blogged it. I took it with me to babysitting the other night with my mother and she suggested finishing the top in the shape of a kimono rather than a square. And that has really challenged me to get on with the project. Working out the dimensions hurt my brain a bit but I'm now squaring off the hexagons for the first sleeve. I've also finished making the hexagons such that I only need to keep making black ones now to join them all. I'll post a photo when it has taken a bit more shape.
I also looked into what needed to be done next for a couple more of the quilts that I have logged. Several needed more strips for borders to be sewn. I did that this morning having first actually finally cleared my dining room table to find my cutting board and cutter. And so now, those can also be progressed.
I'm going to summarise all the quilt posts with links and update progress to those lists on those original posts. I'm excited about finishing a few this year. After all, for most of them I have already bought a lot of the finishing fabrics for the top (I just have to buy the wadding and backing which is not cheap either and will have to be rationed throughout the year).
It's part of something I'm trying in life generally, the "do it now not later" philosophy. I've been applying it to emails and I think that's part of the Zero Inbox thing - that if you read it and do nothing to come back later, coming back later to address it will involve rereading it, getting your head around what you are reading, remembering what you were up to and then doing it. The act of filing it as you read it, or making the decision of what has to happen next and just adding that to your to do list, seems to really help in getting up to date. Mostly I guess cause you are removing the getting up to speed aspect with things. It's been hard for me to get used to filing things without actioning them but funnily enough I don't think it's hampered action. For example, I know what TPP projects I am working on and which deadlines are coming up. Having related emails sitting in my inbox waiting for actions such as editing the latest version of a story versus sending that email to the tag with that project name doesn't change the outcome. But filing does help with feeling on top of things and with sorting the other more urgent emails to action.
So I've been trialling that for email and running some new list systems for my work/TPP lives in general. I'm wanting to look at some systems that will work for me for keeping track, remembering what and actioning my new years resolutions.
The logging my quilting projects has helped me pick up ones that I have left aside for a while now. I started with the Hexagon one which I've progressed a lot since I blogged it. I took it with me to babysitting the other night with my mother and she suggested finishing the top in the shape of a kimono rather than a square. And that has really challenged me to get on with the project. Working out the dimensions hurt my brain a bit but I'm now squaring off the hexagons for the first sleeve. I've also finished making the hexagons such that I only need to keep making black ones now to join them all. I'll post a photo when it has taken a bit more shape.
I also looked into what needed to be done next for a couple more of the quilts that I have logged. Several needed more strips for borders to be sewn. I did that this morning having first actually finally cleared my dining room table to find my cutting board and cutter. And so now, those can also be progressed.
I'm going to summarise all the quilt posts with links and update progress to those lists on those original posts. I'm excited about finishing a few this year. After all, for most of them I have already bought a lot of the finishing fabrics for the top (I just have to buy the wadding and backing which is not cheap either and will have to be rationed throughout the year).