Resolving to resolve...

I hate making resolutions, mostly because I never follow up on them. Except for last year.

Following an early January visit to Paper Source (one of my all-time favorite stores), I determined that their motto was something I could aspire to:


It sounds easier than it actually is. In fact, trying to be creative on a daily basis can be exhausting; some days I just didn't want to put forth the effort. But everything counted: quilting, sketching, knitting, Gocco, polymer clay, photography, Photoshop, blogging...and it didn't matter how much, just that I kept those creative juices flowing. So I didn't have much of an excuse not to.

I jotted down notes about what I was working on in a calendar to keep myself honest -- and looking back through it, with the exception of a couple vacations without the sewing machine and the week the cat died, I did pretty well.

Cutting squares out before work. Blogging at lunch. Sewing a few blocks just before bed. Snagging little bits of time here and there -- nothing big, just whatever I could.

And you know what? Somewhere during the year, it got easier. And more fun. And made work seem less stressful.

With that kind of success rate, I don't see a reason to stop. So I'm recycling last year's resolution for this year.

It's the green thing to do.