Fall is the perfect time for a bit of serious housecleaning. Some deep clean in the Spring. Me, I'm all about hitting the Reset and cleaning things out as Autumn begins to appear.
Today, I'm talking about my blogs, in particular.
I started off really well back in July, then things got dumped back into the studio before I was ready and blogging was no longer a priority. I simply sat on the deck with Bob every day, worked on my journals a bit and did stuff with him.
During one of our coffee mornings I explained that while I had been off-kilter the past six months, I needed to change some things if I'm to meet my goals.
I've sat for over six
months, not doing much of anything. Not
even completing most of the journals I have started through Julie's challenges.
Why?
Well, the reason finally came to
me last weekend. I haven't been using my blog/ editorial boards or my planners
since the end of February... when I started the reorganization of the studio/
office.
I am a VERY visual person. Even
during my days of selling Christmas Around the World, House of Lloyd and
Undercover Wear whenever there was a promotion, I would buy a sheet of poster
board and create a chart to track my progress towards a goal.
Saturday, I pulled out mynotepad
and decided there were changes to be made.
1- Work only with blogs that bring me joy.
I had six blogs. I made the
definitive decision to close the Living Through Weightloss.
I am keeping this blog. This is where I come to ground and explore my faith.
2 - Still In Debate
I started the Ozarks Journal blog
back when I first met the Polish Sinfonia and needed a place to post pictures
from the grade school students so that the orchestra members could all go look
at them. I still like the blog idea but I'm making a couple of changes.
I want to keep talking about
prepping, my garden and household. I was talking 'household' on the weightloss
blo, after all a clean house does make for a better self-journey but something
in me decided I could keep the household with the Ozarks Journal. I mean, I
LIVE in the Ozarks. LOL So OJ will be more about my corner of the Ozarks and
our home here.
3- Staying on Task
This required evaluating what I really want to do.
I want to write
I want the Etsy shop or some other sales form to destash my stuff and
let it bring joy to others.
For that reason, I am putting a more solid YouTube stream in place,
getting my shop open and Keeping THIS blog but with a few changes. I'll be
talking about those on Friday.
4 - More time to craft and to write.
I still have book series I want/
need to write. I'm starting back to a regular writing schedule next week.
Hopefully, by the time Bob comes home I will have a routine where even if I
only take thirty minutes, the words will flow.
Overall Goals
To create beautiful things while destashing our home
To stay more on Task
To focus on Faith
To write more books
To have a financial plan in place that has the house paid off in two
years.
I'm not saying these goals will
be easy, but with visuals in place I
have a much better shot
I'm spending the rest of this
week getting posts written/ scheduled, batch-recording videos and putting the
office back together from company last week.
I will see you back here on
Friday (September 11) to talk about the new schedule.
until then...
