100DayProject Day 15 – Card 8
I am already very late for bed and haven’t done a thing on my 100DayProject yet today. I didn’t even get to colour just one layer on the flowers that I will be using on Card 8. And tomorrow is looking pretty full as well. But fingers crossed I will make a bit of progress tomorrow.
Struggle versus Satisfaction
As I walked Luna in this morning, I pondered the sight and sounds that we can soak in when we walk in silence. I go through phases of listening to podcasts on my walk or not listening to anything. Lately I have been preferring the silence. This allows me to better appreciate the sounds and the sights of the forest as I walk: the crunch and squeaking of my boots on the snow and the ice, the variety of bird calls, the ducks moving about, likely trying to figure out their nesting sites, the jingle of Luna’s tags as she rolls around on the ground making snow angels. The surface is back to getting icy again. I was reminded how the pressure of our footsteps can transform a grippy snowy surface into a slippery, icy surface, especially when there is the addition of warmer temperatures and/or bright sunshine. I thought of how beautiful diamonds are created only from being under tremendous pressure. Which led me to thinking about the pressure I’m feeling because I don’t yet have my kits together.
I am struggling a bit with being side-tracked rather than staying focused. I’m working (or not) through the struggle of reestablishing habits, sometimes sticking with the habit and sometimes skipping a day (or more). I’m reminded of a saying I recently heard about it being easy to do hard things but hard to do easy things. Why is that? Perhaps its because we get more satisfaction from the struggle of doing hard things that we get from doing easy things.
So, I’m recommitting myself to my habits. I’m recommitting myself to the struggle of getting my kits ready and delivered today. So, enough writing, it’s time to tackle today’s tasks.
Now a few words at 10:45 p.m. just before I post this: Phew, I did finish the card kits. Now I just have to get them delivered tomorrow so my Creative Cards and Crafts program participants will have their kits in time for Tuesday morning’s 10:30 online class. My one participant who is in the UK will get her kits late as usual. I need to get them packaged up into an envelope and dropped off at the post office.
I am feeling quite happy and satisfied that I completed the task after quite a bit of struggle (and a lot of time!). It is so nice that they’ll have the supplies they need for 5 upcoming classes. That just leaves 6 more classes that need to be prepared before I take July and August off. Hopefully I can have all 6 kits created and ready to deliver by Monday 5 May. And, more importantly, I know that on Tuesday morning when I am leading the class, I will feel even more satisfaction that I always take the time to make and deliver the kits. Because we always have such a fun time connecting while we create.
I don’t yet have anything figured out for tomorrow afternoon’s in-person Card Crew session which starts at 1:00, but I’ll figure that out tomorrow morning after Pickleball.
And it’s now 11:45 and I’m still up. But, I did get an email off to the program coordinators at the Dementia Society to let them know of the classes that I’ll need to reschedule since I’ll be away for a few weeks in May. Why does something that I feel should take 5-10 minutes take 50-60 minutes. Schedule and logistics changes always take me much longer than I’d like, that’s probably why I put them off – because I know they never take just a few minutes as I would hope.
Creative Treats 