beginning

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Time to change the old wall paper again. I get bored. Ya know?  Gotta mix it up a bit.

And I've so much to get done these days. Really. Too much stuff.

I feel overwhelmed. Excited. But overwhelmed.

Paper Coterie is forging a new campaign called "Begin Anywhere".  They want to remind people to start where you are. Take the first step.

That's really the hardest part to anything. The first step.

All these projects I have to work on, they seem huge. But once I start I know I will enjoy the work.

I thought I'd remind myself to get off my butt and just begin.  And I'm hoping its going to be awfully hard to ignore a bright chartreuse wall paper.

It's free to download, of course. Maybe it will help you too.

here's a hint

Yeah, I have a few projects goin'.  Tis true.  Always with the projects, this one.

People ask me all the time, (seriously like all the time, it gets a little old) they ask me how I do so much.  Other people, mostly women, seem to think I do a lot more than the average mom.

I say emphatically for the billionth time- tis'nt true!!!

Here's a little hint. A, dare I say, lifestyle hint? Yes, I think it is. Quite.

The hint is simple. Just start.

So you have a project you really want to do.  You've been thinking about it for ages. You are waiting for the time to do it.  

News flash: there will never be time to do it.

So start already.

Sign up for those lessons, put pen to paper, go get the supplies you need.  You owe it to yourself to do something with all your cool ideas. And I think you will find that what you want to do isn't as hard or as frustrating as you thought it would be once you break it down into steps.

Except exercise. That will be exactly as hard and frustrating as you think it will be. Quite.

just do it

Percy the Plum Partridge

I was thinking today in spinning class that, damn, this is rough, but also about gumption in general. More often than not, things seem harder than they really are. Most projects worth doing may seem from the outset very complicated and time consuming. And they may be just that. But they might not.

It has been my experience (for what it's worth) that if you break something down into small steps you will be able to work through it. Now, I don't expect to be really good at many things. For instance, I suck at origami and lego construction. Try as I might, my pasta sauce is acidic. This is just to name but a small few. But I carry on, folding paper and cooking tomatoes on a regular basis, because I like to do these things.

The purpose for all this prattle is just to put out to the universe the good energy I had today as I sweated my brains out, proud of myself for making it to the gym one more day. I just want to say that if there is something you have been thinking about trying to do- for heaven's sakes, get off you kiester and do it. Start small and work your way into it. For my part, I think Sugar Daddy might put a moratorium on any new ventures in a the near future. The quilting project is still taking up most of the kitchen island.