!5 minutes a day challenge
02-16-2012, 02:47 AM
#171
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I work full time and I don't have any trouble meeting my 15 minute a day goal on the weekend (I usually sew for hours on the weekend) but during the work week it can be a problem. Sometimes I wimp out with the excuse that I'm tired and I won't be able to concentrate as well, but when I started my first lap quilt 3 weeks ago I told myself that I had to get at least an hour of sewing in every night during the week to get this done. So I would get into my sewing room about 7:00 p.m. and I usually ended up staying until 9:00 p.m. every night and I felt good about it and the sewing that was done was good, not a lot of mistakes and ripping. Last night I didn't start sewing until 8:00 p.m. and I stayed until 10:20 p.m. I was really proud of myself for sticking it out last night and not wimping out with the "I'm so tired excuse." I'm almost finished with my quilt. Tonight I sew the binding onto the front of the quilt and tomorrow I put the label on and I'm calling it done. Then I can move on to other crafty projects I have swimming around in my head.
02-16-2012, 03:03 AM
#172
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That's quite an achievement. I worked fulltime till a year ago, and though I really did try to find time to sew, I struggled - but felt much better when I managed it. It felt as if at least some of my life was still my own! (I didn't enjoy my job).
02-17-2012, 10:47 AM
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I do!!! actually i average about an hour a day...getting things done!! youpee!!
This idea is not originally mine.
Challenge yourself to do something quilting related for at least 15 minutes a day.
Lots of days most of us get caught up with life and don't get to sew or quilt. Why bother if you can only do 15 minutes.
If you set your goal to 15 minutes, it is easier to accomplish. Often I can be unmotivated or tired and don't feel like it. But I say well I can manage the 15 minutes. It is surprising how much can get done in a week at that rate even if it's only cutting or chain piecing or organizing your stash.
Lots of times the 15 minutes morphs into an hour or more.
It has been surprising to me how pyschologically beneficial this has been for me since I accepted this challenge.
Do I sew or quilt every single day for 15 minutes? No of course not, but I get lots more done over time since I started this than I did before.
Anybody with me?
Challenge yourself to do something quilting related for at least 15 minutes a day.
Lots of days most of us get caught up with life and don't get to sew or quilt. Why bother if you can only do 15 minutes.
If you set your goal to 15 minutes, it is easier to accomplish. Often I can be unmotivated or tired and don't feel like it. But I say well I can manage the 15 minutes. It is surprising how much can get done in a week at that rate even if it's only cutting or chain piecing or organizing your stash.
Lots of times the 15 minutes morphs into an hour or more.
It has been surprising to me how pyschologically beneficial this has been for me since I accepted this challenge.
Do I sew or quilt every single day for 15 minutes? No of course not, but I get lots more done over time since I started this than I did before.
Anybody with me?
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