Ponderings on Motivation

Wow, can you believe this stack of cards? I can't! I'm a one-card-at-a-time kind of stamper, except for the occasional one sheet wonder happening, so this is a LOT of cards for me. They speak to a lot of time spent in PJs with inky hands over Memorial Day weekend, and are going to Cards for Heroes, for their 25+2 challenge.

This experience prompted me to reflect on motivation. If I can make this many cards in one weekend, what else can I achieve if I set my mind to it? Just about anything, that's what. How about a tidy home? An organized craft room? More pages for my art journals? Finding time to exercise on a regular basis? Finished quilt blocks, perhaps even finished quilts!! Using my time to achieve instead of drifting through weekends? My work week is spoken for, but the rest is an open book these days - no more weekend sports tournaments or dance classes/events, no scouting groups, no regular commitments after the Monday to Friday routine is complete. I need to get motivated, need to gather myself and get moving. It's time for some serious list making :)

Stamp Credits: Stampin Up!, Nestabilities Die-Cut flowers

I love lists. Whenever I'm planning something large, taking a trip, or just feeling overwhelmed, it's time for a list. Somehow the act of writing it all down is calming, and checking items off the lists is even better - done! Achieved! Finished! A list tells you where you're going and how far you have come, love that. A list is a map of life's details.

Stamp Credits: Stampin' Up!, Judikins (border bollio)
I made two of these - they are the 'Any Hero' +2 cards

Having said my weekends are unscheduled, this is actually a busy weekend for me - my daughter's prom tonight, some work to take care of, and tomorrow I'm taking a class - with the incomparable Michael de Meng no less! So I have a triple list going - a list that covers all three heads of the monster weekend. My friend Mary and I have been making lists (started with the class supply list) and checking them twice - assembling supplies, what do we have already, what do we need to pick up. Just can't wait. A list is a great way to countdown to an event.

Stamp Credits: Stampin' Up!, Judikins (border bollio)

Hope you have a great weekend, what's on your list? Are you a list maker? Am I an obsessive compulsive freak? Yes, I am - but I'm a motivated obsessive-compulsive list-making achieving mama-bird class-taking hard-working freak :) I'll post more of the CFH cards in the next week or two. Thanks for checking in!