In 2014, JOURNEY was my word for the year. I wanted my life to be about the process
rather than the end product... not just in quilting but in everything. I did pretty well on that front, enjoying the
journey along the way, rather than rushing through everything to get to the
end.
For 2015, I chose the word SIMPLIFY to guide my steps for
the year. I got rid of a lot of
superfluous stuff... quilting and otherwise.
Moving helped a LOT with that - we got rid of SO many books and LOTS of
trash - truckloads of stuff, literally, but lots of quilting things too -
excess fabric, duplicate rulers, notions and the like.
My word for the year 2016 is going to be FINISH. I've started so many things in 2015 and I
really need to see an end to these projects so I can feel good about starting
new ones. I have made a promise not to
start any new BOMs that I'm not already signed up for (only one new one of
those, so I don't feel overwhelmed to start the year. I'm afraid they will do a Bertie's Summer
quilt and I will feel the need to sign up for that one... luckily the Bertie's
seasonal quilts are all small, just 4-5 month projects, easy to make, easy to
quilt.
I am not forgetting my words from previous years... It's
still all about the JOURNEY, and I'm still SIMPLIFYing - ridding myself of
extraneous 'stuff' both quilty and otherwise (yes, there are things we moved
with that we didn't really need, so still stuff to get rid of), but I want to
finish UFO's this year - I have a lot of them...
I would love to choose a word like 'PLAY' or 'MESSIFY' (I
know that's not a real word, but I don't know how else to say it), but I feel
like that will have to wait a year. (By
messify, I mean giving myself permission to paint messily, color outside the
lines and so forth - I need that encouragement sometimes to be 'me' when I am
creating instead of just following patterns by rote).
Anyway - I look forward to 2016 and all the finishes I will
have for the year!
What is your word for 2016?
