Equivalent analogy "My eyes are bigger than my stomach"
 

I was making a mental list of all the crafting I'd like to do today, including quilting a quilt, measuring for binding and backing on another quilt, some machine embroidery projects ... and was thinking "My eyes are bigger than my stomach". What would be a cute equivalent for this dilemma? Something like "my crafting plans outnumber the hours in a day"?

I'll bet most of us have this problem when faced with a good deal of time and trying to imagine what we could accomplish.

Every day seems like that for me!:)

I have that problem every day!! I get the DGD's (who live with me) on the bus and take a long walk, come home and straighten up the house and clean the kitchen. By that time I do laundry and get dinner prepped. Now it is like 3 pm and I think I can get some sewing done but----oh no--the girls are getting home in 30 min.! I do squeeze in a few sewing hrs when they are not here but I agree with you that there is not enough hours in the day for our sewing/crafting hobby. Bottom line is that my granddaughters are in a safe place thank goodness and I can sew when time allows.

'My reach exceeds my grasp' is the phrase I think of, related to daily goals. Setting goals I know I probably won't reach gives me something to shoot for.

My dreams often overshadow my ability......

"as usual I put too much on my plate" is typical of my life

A friend of mine recently said "you would think that since God gave me the talent to create quilts that he would also have given me the time to make them"! How true!

That also makes me think of the times when I could have been sewing and didn't. Then I think back and say I wonder how much I might have accomplished.

^^^^^^^ This is me.

Plus, I work F/T and have so many other interests. I find most of my sewing/quilting happens on weekend days in between loads of laundry, dog walks, car cleaning (for shows) and other activities. I don't spend much time worrying about what I might have accomplished though. I have plenty to show for my time.

I want to quilt, but I wan to do other things too

How about, "my crafting(sewing) clock has more hours in the day" or "there was an anomaly time continuum while I was sewing(crafting)" last one... "my enthusiasm exceeded the clock"

this is it exactly!

Happy to know that I am in good company. I have enough ideas and projects to last ten lifetimes.

Most definitely. My two closets/2 bookcases attest to that. We all have good intentions. Too bad we have to sleep too.

I have a similar problem, as I'm trying to meet a deadline to finish a quilt for our July 4th family reunion, and need to finish the top so that I can send it to my niece, who has a long arm quilting machine. However, I just lost a month in time because I was in the hospital for 2 weeks and then spent another 2 weeks in rehab. That pneumonia really knocked me for loop and it's a struggle every day as I don't have the energy, but working on it. You would not want to see my "Roundtoit" List, as it keeps growing.

God bless you and your grandkids. They need you most right now, and they have the example of a well organized life. Someday they will be gone and you will be sad, but then you can sew to your heart's content.

Sometimes I feel like "if you give a mouse a cookie" or "a moose a muffin"...whichever book you shared with your children.

I'll start on something in my sewing room, then switch to something else...and then forget what I initially wanted to accomplish.

Seems like we all have the same problem, I need to add to that, Sometimes I have the time but am not in the mood and know better to work on a project I am not in the mood to do as it only will have to be re done.

I had my own storefront shop for 29 years and taught sewing and quilting at night at a local big chain fabric store. I could not wait until the day when I sold my shop, retired from teaching and had a dedicated room for sewing and crafting. Well, the time came and I think the phrase is 'Retirement is going to kill me!!". I am busier now then I was then! Every day I get up and start in working on an assortment of projects. I still teach, I work 3 part time days at a fabric shop and I volunteer at a seniors shoppe. None of these were planned, they all sort of just happened. Add this to the selling I do online and various commission jobs (mostly for gnome homes and witches/fairy custom houses) and there truly are not enough hours in a day. I thank God I am able to still do these things, but, I am now looking forward to my next attempt at retirement......But. I think this is the nature of creative people. We have so many things in our heads that we want to make.

I just took a load to the Goodwill to make room for all the ideas in my head!

I can see your problem Jordan, after the walk is when you sew. Then you can clean the kitchen while you prep dinner after the kids get home from school while they are doing homework at the table in case they need your help as you are making dinner. LOL You can clean house a little here a little there, it will always need doing no matter how often you do it! Work the laundry in between sewing sections when you need a little exercise break from sitting too long. ;)

...I love this.....great idea!

My stash is bigger than my ability.

It does seem that there is no limit to the ideas and dreams, just the time to make them come true.

Sounds like you have your priorities right!

I spent many years while raising my DDs doing charitable work, so now that I'm retired, I support charities with my crafting (comfort shawls, Linus quilts and afghans, etc), as well as financial donations. I should add that I only worked outside the home part time, which freed me up for other time commitments. I'm pretty selfish with my time in retirement. Good luck with your second attempt when it comes!