Changes

My boyfriend of seven years (eight in August!) is leaving me on Friday for a video game level design job in Texas. It’s a great opportunity for him, but it means that I’ll be without my best friend for the next eight months or so. School will definitely be busy in the next several months, what with fellowship applications and the terrifying prospect of my qualifying exam this summer, but I’m afraid that I’ll turn into a lonely cat lady while he’s gone. Actually, I’m not really afraid of that–I’ve made some good friends in San Francisco who I know will help maintain my social life. But I imagine that I won’t go out as much, and so in trying to look at the bright side of the situation I’ve realized that I’ll have more time to make things. I’ve got a couple of dress patterns lined up, and I’m gestating ideas for other projects.

One of my goals this year is to craft more, and to blog the results. The problem is that my motivation comes and goes in waves–I’ll be super productive and crafty for a while, and then I won’t feel like making anything. I think that regardless of my creative motivation, I need to give myself a weekly posting quota, to help it become a habit. I’m considering a Friday or Saturday post of my inspirations for the week. I definitely bookmark and save a lot of images and ideas for future projects, so it would seem fairly easy to post them here.

Another goal for this year is to get rid of some of the extra stuff I’ve accumulated, and slow down the influx of new things. That includes craft supplies! I need to get organized, and purging will be an important part of that process.