Sunday, January 18, 2009
Progress progressing progressively.
Less resolutions, and more of a to-do list for the next year:
1 - finish cleaning and sorting the studio, so it becomes a functional-er workspace. This includes getting all the files off the old clunker machine (thank you Kyle, it served me well for a really long time), getting rid of the IKEA egg-shaped desk that noone else thinks is nifty (I thought it did a really good job of fitting in the weirdly shaped free space in the kitchen for a dining table in my old place), and figuring out something that will function as a desk (or at least a laptop support) at the height that my recently-freely-aquired stenographer chair will lower to (not low enough for a regular desk, for whatever reason). This does also include the potential for a yarn give-away, as I get it all in one place and perhaps take a good look at what I will never use, even if I take up weaving and make a billion blankets, wraps, throws, table runners, and tote bags.
2 - get rid of the clothes that don't flatter me, or that are unlikely to fit before they go out of style, and aren't suitable for revamping into cool things... and the underwear with holes, single socks, and painfully pokey old underwire bras.
3 - continue my quest for personal wellbeing - this currently includes being tested for hypothyroidism (runs in the family), diabetes and low iron (since we're drawing blood anyway), keeping an eye on my mental noise (hopefully the recent bout of anxiety is attached to a thyroid problem, but I've already had a chat with my wonderful psych {from the days of work issues} which brought some awareness and relief in the form of acknowledgement and a reality check), and a continued plan to eat healthier while being full of self-love for the shape I am right now.
4 - submit at least one design to a publication that I respect: knitty, Interweave Knits (or Spin Off), and the like... and being prepared for rejection, but putting lots of work into making the submission as inspiring and polished as possible
5 - get my knitting website redone (yay again for Kyle) and start blogging regularly, possibly with some teaching-ish articles with unique content, or other things that will help me build my readership and pattern sales.
6 -standardize my current patterns to help me feel more confident about my presentation when I approach yarn shops or pattern wholesalers about carrying my patterns.
7 - use my new fibre-world-domination guru to figure out if (6) is even a route to pursue, in this world of online- and self-publishing
8 - write a book of knitting patterns (I may leave the actual publication for next year)
9 - find a method of publicizing my hoop classes that I can comfortably do (since sending press releases to newspapers appears to fall outside that catagory), to maintain at least one, but hopefully two, classes a week
10 - continue being happy, fun, and interesting... for myself, and for my relationship with Chris. I'm still digging it madly :)
1 - finish cleaning and sorting the studio, so it becomes a functional-er workspace. This includes getting all the files off the old clunker machine (thank you Kyle, it served me well for a really long time), getting rid of the IKEA egg-shaped desk that noone else thinks is nifty (I thought it did a really good job of fitting in the weirdly shaped free space in the kitchen for a dining table in my old place), and figuring out something that will function as a desk (or at least a laptop support) at the height that my recently-freely-aquired stenographer chair will lower to (not low enough for a regular desk, for whatever reason). This does also include the potential for a yarn give-away, as I get it all in one place and perhaps take a good look at what I will never use, even if I take up weaving and make a billion blankets, wraps, throws, table runners, and tote bags.
2 - get rid of the clothes that don't flatter me, or that are unlikely to fit before they go out of style, and aren't suitable for revamping into cool things... and the underwear with holes, single socks, and painfully pokey old underwire bras.
3 - continue my quest for personal wellbeing - this currently includes being tested for hypothyroidism (runs in the family), diabetes and low iron (since we're drawing blood anyway), keeping an eye on my mental noise (hopefully the recent bout of anxiety is attached to a thyroid problem, but I've already had a chat with my wonderful psych {from the days of work issues} which brought some awareness and relief in the form of acknowledgement and a reality check), and a continued plan to eat healthier while being full of self-love for the shape I am right now.
4 - submit at least one design to a publication that I respect: knitty, Interweave Knits (or Spin Off), and the like... and being prepared for rejection, but putting lots of work into making the submission as inspiring and polished as possible
5 - get my knitting website redone (yay again for Kyle) and start blogging regularly, possibly with some teaching-ish articles with unique content, or other things that will help me build my readership and pattern sales.
6 -standardize my current patterns to help me feel more confident about my presentation when I approach yarn shops or pattern wholesalers about carrying my patterns.
7 - use my new fibre-world-domination guru to figure out if (6) is even a route to pursue, in this world of online- and self-publishing
8 - write a book of knitting patterns (I may leave the actual publication for next year)
9 - find a method of publicizing my hoop classes that I can comfortably do (since sending press releases to newspapers appears to fall outside that catagory), to maintain at least one, but hopefully two, classes a week
10 - continue being happy, fun, and interesting... for myself, and for my relationship with Chris. I'm still digging it madly :)
# posted by Christa Giles @ 1:50 AM 
