I realized quite some time ago I am full of great ideas, brilliant plans and wonderful thoughts. But today I have to admit, these ideas always take longer than I think they will and I am not really a very patient person.
That being said, a few months ago I signed up for four swaps on the website 2Peas in a Bucket…one swap was for five (5) ATC cards – "vintage" theme, and the other three swaps were for a set of six (6) cards each in a “paint” theme, “sewing” theme and “embossing” theme. Well the ideas just came flooding into my brain…and I even sketched a few ideas out on paper…and they were great! Wow, this was going to be a breeze.
But did I ever stop to consider that I signed up for all of this right before the holidays? No. And so there the ideas and sketches sat…and sat…and waited… I figured the idea was going to be the hard part…so I kept putting off making the stuff…and then the stuff started to get in my way (I have other things to do!)…and then the stuff became an irritation…and I ignored them. When I finally got around to starting them, they took a lot longer to do than I had anticipated…(ideas, for me at least, are not the hard part!)
But last night, I dragged myself out to the studio and set about getting things done. Once I got started, yeah it took a while, but I finished most of the projects up, and feel better now about honoring my obligations…
Maybe I need a bigger sketchbook and a team of assistants…maybe then, I can empty my idea bucket and all my little projects will come to fruition…
Or maybe I need to stop having ideas...
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