{"id":236,"date":"2019-04-21T21:25:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T21:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/?p=236"},"modified":"2019-04-21T21:25:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T21:25:21","slug":"routine-what-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/routine-what-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"Routine, what routine?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thinking Out Loud…<\/h3>\n

That’s one of my favorite Gary Larson cartoons. \u00a0The old Far Side<\/strong> calendar copy is long gone, but photo copied so I can keep it pinned to my design wall–an old friend, it seems just the right thing. \u00a0As I encounter rethinking the way I work and re-establishing a work routine, believe me, this feels very familiar.<\/p>\n

But this morning I feel ready, a shift in my thinking. \u00a0I’ve spent the past week finishing up a major knitting project (yea!), and I can feel the urgency to knit (and finish) relax its hold on me. \u00a0So I’m clearing a space on my sewing table and looking fresh at my design wall.<\/p>\n

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There are layers of stuff on my design wall…at this count, three layers. \u00a0Projects roughed in and left, covered over with fleece, and new ideas fleshed out on top. \u00a0There are actually some good ideas in there, underneath, somewhere.<\/p>\n

One that keeps nagging me is the sweater on the yellow plaid field. \u00a0Something about this one makes me feel really good, makes me smile–until I think about how to actually DO it. \u00a0I’ve got lots of ideas about it, but up to now, not quite the energy to dive in and try it. \u00a0I think I am there. \u00a0At last.<\/p>\n

While often over the past few years I berated myself for not “working”, I realize now that I was simply not finishing anything. \u00a0I’d see my design wall everyday, look past the work up there, somehow going blind to it, and end up feeling overwhelmed and discouraged. \u00a0But occasionally, I’d fling something else up there–very rough, very incomplete, but an idea that compelled me in some way. \u00a0Then I’d think about making it and go lie down.<\/p>\n

I have to chuckle at myself…about a week ago, after my last post, I walked into the studio, sat in my comfy chair, looked at the design wall, and I SAW my work. \u00a0I saw that I had been producing, not finishing, but producing viable ideas. \u00a0Maybe I didn’t want to finish them in the ways I have worked \u00a0in the past, but that seemed OK with me. \u00a0It seemed interesting to me. \u00a0I felt the energy to find a way. \u00a0Well dang….it feels good.<\/p>\n

So I’ve cleared the decks and thought out a new work routine. \u00a0I’m going to take it easy on myself and start out gently, slowly–a couple hours in the morning, doing some trial and error projects to grease the wheels, and to figure out some things. \u00a0I am going to allow myself to venture into uncharted territory, explore materials and ideas I am curious about. \u00a0And I am building in time to screw up. \u00a0At last, that sounds like good fun.<\/p>\n

Also, I’m going to add a few minutes of exercise bike time to my work routine–and do some research\/reading while I pedal–easy going. \u00a0 My current pedaling fav is this book…fascinating text accompanying beautiful images.<\/p>\n

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It’s time to cut myself loose from expectations–mine. \u00a0It is time to experiment!<\/p>\n

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I could not resist adding this–my NEW sweater! \u00a0A hand knitting experiment in “will this fit?” \u00a0YES!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thinking Out Loud… That’s one of my favorite Gary Larson cartoons. \u00a0The old Far Side calendar copy is long gone, but photo copied so I can keep it pinned to my design wall–an old friend, it seems just the right thing. \u00a0As I encounter rethinking the way I work and re-establishing a work routine, believe … Continue reading “Routine, what routine?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiacorbin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}