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Monday, May 7, 2012

Inspiration Files: Fuel Your Creativity

You may or may not have noticed that I've lost my posting groove. Does that happen to you? I like to justify everything I do and I'm aiming to make more lists (see below), so here are a few reasons:
  • Dude. I'm busy! Three kids. Enough said.
  • All three of those kids have birthdays this month.
  • There's a combined birthday party next weekend that I need to finish planning. Ideas need to be easy, practically free and able to withstand windy Iowa weather. (Hopefully it doesn't rain! 30 people will not fit in my house!)
  • I finished cleaning out the basement (YAY!) and now have about 15 listings on craigslist.
  • All of the things I'm hoping craig will take care of are in the guest room.
  • My in-laws are coming on Thursday (for the birthdays!)
  • The above-mentioned party is outside and we've done zero landscaping in 3 1/2 years. Lots of reasons, but I'm trying to at least fix the beds by the front of the house.
  • My garden is over-taken with weeds. If the weeds were gone, I could have what's called a volunteer garden--onions and carrots and garlic from last year, cilantro, spinach and lettuce have re-seeded themselves! And strawberries!!!
Throw in the normal cooking/cleaning/laundry cycle and there's no time for blogging!

So. My goal this week in addition to all of the above, is to spend some time with the list below. I need to focus on me just a little bit. Do things I like just for fun. Be creative. Paint something. Write lists of what I have accomplished and forget about that never-ending to-do list! How about you?


 


6 comments:

  1. I love that the first thing on your list is to make lists. This looks inspiring - I will take a crack at it! I'm feeling a bit of a blog slump too - too busy to craft, let alone work on the big home decor projects! Maybe I'll go home and read a page of the dictionary tonight :-)

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  2. Maybe it's spring fever. Blogging, like some other things, just isn't at the top of the 'motivated-to-do' list. My aim at the moment is to trim my list and not expect so much of myself.

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  3. I am a list maker and I do think it helps to keep me on track. I also think that life pulls us so many ways that it is hard to be on top of our game all the time. xo Diana

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  4. I needed to see this today, thanks for posting it!

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  5. I am so with you - when things get hectic, the blog is the first thing that goes. And my busy is about 1/10 of your busy.
    I was doing pretty well at staying up on it until my husband's little mix up with the table saw in January...I've had trouble getting back into my groove since then.

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  6. That's beautiful! I've now print this list and put it in front of my desk to re-read in the no-creative days.

    Hello from ChicDecó blog

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