I’m not the kind of person who likes to keep busy, really. You know, the kind of person who wakes up in the morning and cheerfully begins attacking a long list of projects only to collapse in a satisfied heap at the end of the day, glistening with the sweat of a job well done? My favorite activities, if I can use that word loosely, would probably be… napping, daydreaming, wandering aimlessly around libraries, looking at pretty pictures, and, let’s see… well, the occasional art or craft project. Not much industriousness in that list, is there?
But the thing is, I really do want to get things done, to see some fruits of my labor and drag the ideas out of my head and into the physical world. I have a feeling I would find that pretty darn satisfying, based on the few times I’ve managed it so far. In particular, I would love to get some more projects done in my home and garden and craft room. I’d love to create a home that is beautiful, organized and uncluttered, comfortable and conducive to being creative. You know, without having to climb over bags of cat litter and piles of mending and not-quite-empty paint cans to reach the sewing machine or the watercolors.
So how can I put some pressure on myself to be a little more productive? I know! I’ll start a blog, where I can say, “See, here, look what I did! Look what I created or designed or grew or fixed or cooked up with my own bare hands! How cool is this?” And everyone (and by everyone I mean pretty much my sister, my cousin and the one eye-rolling friend who gets pressured into reading this) can say, “Oh, yes, how lovely! Keep at it!” Plus, you never know. I might get some readers I don’t know offline, people to connect and share ideas with. How wonderful and surprising would that be? And I can use this as a repository of my projects, something to look through whenever I feel like a lazy lump who never accomplishes anything, and maybe it will inspire me to keep going. (Or to take a nap, in order to recover from all that effort. Either way!)
So that’s the plan. Get some things done. Put them online. See if anyone notices. Have fun referring to myself as A Blogger. Sneak as many naps as possible in between project phases. (Paint has to dry between coats, right?) Aaaaand repeat.
This is gonna be fun. I can feel it!
~Emily