Too Much Time and Not Enough

 

“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” — Bruce Lee

I am very much guilty of spending what could be called far too much time thinking about a thing. A whole year has passed since my last blog post.

To be fair, I have made other efforts toward my goals, and I have been working hard at a lot of things – the past year seems never to have stopped being full. Still and all, this has fallen down a deep crack and been lost. It would occur to me occasionally, but I’ve been writing so many other things (including, to be fair, a book - The Good Stuff https://a.co/d/hDmWXIs ) that I just haven’t gotten to the blog.

I have to say that reading the last post I made where I was talking about it being a post-Trump world, and now here we are again approaching that same insanity to be relived on some level….well, it feels a little strange.

So I have been writing, and implementing all kinds of new things. I’ve been working on new projects – most recently been working to expand my concept for my line of “Hearthfire Domesticware” – various cookware items to compliment the ones I’ve worked out already, like my pie lifter – and get me out to the forge more.

I’m participating in two Christmas Markets this year again – both the Paisley Christmas Market that opens today(!) www.paisleychristmasmarket.ca at which there are lots of particularly delicious looking offerings this year (yes, that does mean LOTS OF FOOD!!) and also the Museum of Dufferin’s annual HOLIDAY TREASURES show www.dufferinmuseum.com/holidaytreasures/

While I’m still suffering the effects of frozen shoulder to some extent I am managing to make anyway and will, in fact be making a new ornament again this year.

I’ve been working at the opera, where my boss of 23 years has retired and we will be entering an exciting time with a new Head of Department at the helm. I’ve been continuing work several of my other little jobs, and still working on creating permaculture here, and working on much needed work on the house and property.

I had to replace my beloved car this year, with a newer used vehicle – and there is all the joy and trepidation (and expense!) that goes with that.

And then we are back to all the writing – for Patreon, for the business, for myself….along with all the writing I haven’t been able to do, but think about, and make endless little notes about. 

For those of you who are interested, I’ve implemented a Word of the Week post on Patreon – and for the moment it is going to be a public post every Monday. After a few months I will change it so that it is only for members – but it will be available to members of my free tier, so if you like it you can follow along with a free subscription. https://www.patreon.com/elfworksstudios If you think there are others who would enjoy it, please share it widely. Sometimes it helps to know you aren’t just shouting into the void.

The wearing of many hats will always be a struggle that requires choices to be made, and things will always fall through the cracks. This post is about not overthinking what I’m writing here, but leaping back in with writing something...letting you know that in spite of all the things I’ve failed to do, I’m still here, still making, still doing.

Whatever it is you do, I hope you too are still managing to do your thing – we are all just muddling along together, and it will be better for all of us if we help one another keep going.