Some Time Off...

I had a bit of an epiphany this morning...

I was out watering the garden with my little garden helper (Chloe - we found a little toad and were checking it out before letting it go into the garden) and had a moment of clarity...

 I should listen to Dave and my sister Wendy: schedule yourself a set amount of time and designated day to do things.

Frustration and Guilt are two things I cannot stand to feel.

Frustration because I am thinking about doing way too many things...

Guilt because I'm doing something other than I am thinking about, and maybe enjoying it...

And I feel both when I have orders that I need to be working on because

1. Things need to be pulled or created to fill the order

2. I have this business as my "job"

But there are times where I just want to sit on this computer and write or read blogs, catch up with friends and family on FaceBook.

There are times where I want to disconnect the computer and spend time with the little ones or in the garden or with extended family and friends...

Sorry Dave, notice "cleaning the house" isn't a priority on the list...

And when there is an order in studio, I feel the guilt and frustration settle in because I feel that needs to be priority. Priority as respect for my customers, and priority because I have this overwhelming guilty feeling of having to have a contributional income to this household. 

Right now, Dave carries everything on his back. 

And he's strong overall, but I think it's unfair to him...

So it does make sense to have time designated to work. 

Now if I could just stick to it for the one day a week (Thursdays) that I have to do it. Oh, and also during Riley's naptime - but that seems to be the time when I get on the computer the most.

Darn ADHD or rather my interest in anything and everything around me...

See, Riley is now waking up, and all my time that I had to spend cleaning glaze holes was spent organizing blog post labels, adding new blog pages, and writing this post (and reading and commenting on others). Oh well... maybe I will have another cup of coffee and get stuff done in the studio later tonight...