I started an Excel spreadsheet last night of all the projects I have to do around here. I sat in each room with my laptop and looked around and typed. 
I only spent time in the downstairs rooms and my list is well over 52 already! 
I started by pulling out every single sewing project that is waiting in my laundry-size "project" basket under the table in the project room. My sewing machine and serger are set up on that table, but I just recently got that room back for these types of projects. The room had been set up as a workshop from May to November while we did major home improvement projects after an ankle-deep flood on the main level (downstairs). In other words, I am WAY behind!!!
To motivate myself, I think I will photograph each project as it is when I pick it up again and then photograph it when I finish it and post the photos on my Flickr account (to share). I'll also add a check box to my Excel chart. Checking things off is kinda fun, right? Seeing items completed and in use is the most fun, though. Getting there can be challenging, though..... I have high expectations and long lists of projects to be completed in every area of my life. I often achieve 75% of them or more, so lists work better than not having a list. Plans are good for me, too, even if I choose not to follow them all the time.
How do you balance all your obligations?
Like most MDCers, I am a mother and wife and pet owner. I volunteer, take classes, organize playgroup events, walk/drive DD to activities (one is Girl Scouts, which meets every other week, and one other activity per trimester - school is year-round - and this trimester is ice skating, which is 2-3 times a week), care for neighbors' homes and pets (altogether more than half the year), and keep up our own home (including being the CFO and COO - DH is the helpful sort and I am happy to do what I do). I am learning to grow food and cook from scratch and knit. I already scrapbook, stamp, sew, paint, quilt, and other paper and fabric crafts. DD is out of school approximately one month at a time three times a year, which is GREAT for many reasons. My volunteer and class time decrease during her breaks, but most of my other obligations increase. She is on break until after MLK day.
Please share your tips for getting crafts completed.....
I only spent time in the downstairs rooms and my list is well over 52 already! I started by pulling out every single sewing project that is waiting in my laundry-size "project" basket under the table in the project room. My sewing machine and serger are set up on that table, but I just recently got that room back for these types of projects. The room had been set up as a workshop from May to November while we did major home improvement projects after an ankle-deep flood on the main level (downstairs). In other words, I am WAY behind!!!To motivate myself, I think I will photograph each project as it is when I pick it up again and then photograph it when I finish it and post the photos on my Flickr account (to share). I'll also add a check box to my Excel chart. Checking things off is kinda fun, right? Seeing items completed and in use is the most fun, though. Getting there can be challenging, though..... I have high expectations and long lists of projects to be completed in every area of my life. I often achieve 75% of them or more, so lists work better than not having a list. Plans are good for me, too, even if I choose not to follow them all the time.
How do you balance all your obligations?
Like most MDCers, I am a mother and wife and pet owner. I volunteer, take classes, organize playgroup events, walk/drive DD to activities (one is Girl Scouts, which meets every other week, and one other activity per trimester - school is year-round - and this trimester is ice skating, which is 2-3 times a week), care for neighbors' homes and pets (altogether more than half the year), and keep up our own home (including being the CFO and COO - DH is the helpful sort and I am happy to do what I do). I am learning to grow food and cook from scratch and knit. I already scrapbook, stamp, sew, paint, quilt, and other paper and fabric crafts. DD is out of school approximately one month at a time three times a year, which is GREAT for many reasons. My volunteer and class time decrease during her breaks, but most of my other obligations increase. She is on break until after MLK day.
Please share your tips for getting crafts completed.....
Although I have my productive moments, and this thread is helping me keep plugging along, it's so motivational to hear what other people are accomplishing. 
Especially if it's pretty and on sale.
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