This week I allowed something to sidetrack my progress. Everything was going well. I made two sales, and I sent those out early, but when I decided to create some new items, it completely stalled my progress.
I had several new items that needed to be embroidered, and I woke up Tuesday thinking about my favorite No-Show Stabilizer. Considering my recent orders used up much of the cut away stabilizer I had, I knew I needed to order some stabilizer, so I went on to Amazon to place an order. It was then that I realized I had just ordered a roll in February of this year, and I had only used it once. So where is this roll of new stabilizer?
This is the perplexing mystery. I have spent the last 4 days searching the house for this stabilizer. I have not found it. I can’t remember where I put it, because to be honest, it entered into the house the same time I had my stroke. Many things are fuzzy about February. I even went through photos that were taken during that time period to try and jog my memory, but I still can’t remember anything. Even the pictures mean nothing. This one thing has derailed everything, and I am stuck, unable to move. I could still do what I need to do, but I can’t push myself to do it. I don’t know why.
I know this is just a temporary sidetrack. I know that I will soon merge back into the activities I was focused on, but right now, I am burdened with this loss of consciousness that surrounds that time period of my life. It’s like a huge blinking sign pointing out the fact that it was serious while I had been trying to downplay everything.
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How do I solve this problem? First, I plan to organize things better. Second, I plan to focus my priorities on something else. Last, I plan to follow through. It’s temporary. The main goal is not. It’s the same with writing. When you think you have written yourself, or your character, into a corner, leave it. Skip ahead to something else and go back. I have left my character in a corner for some time now. I’ve gone back and fleshed out their story more to see how they would fully handle this. I needed more for their character. When I find what motivates him, I’ll know how he will solve the problem. Until then, he is in that corner. The same with me. That stabilizer is tucked into a corner somewhere. I’ll find it. Until then, I’ll keep organizing until I find where I thought was the best place for it.
