Ever find yourself trying to do everything at once? If you’re like me, it’s that overachiever streak in you. It’s so seductive, sometimes it’s just hard to fight it. Or, you don’t even realize what’s going on until it’s too late.
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For example, have you noticed the frequency of my postings? When I first came back to blogging, I set some realistic goals – one 52 Weeks of Blogging Your Passion post and one Baby Bump Update post a week. I don’t think that’s too much.
However, as I progressed and got back into my blogging routine, I found myself wanting to play catch up on my 52 Weeks posts. That urge to get back and run with the rest of the “pack” of bloggers doing the same program was starting to consume me. Slowly, one post became two and two became three. The past two weeks, I’ve had four total posts a week. That’s a lot of blogging!
I don’t know about you guys, but for me, blogging is not always an easy thing. Sometimes it takes me a bit to really nail down the idea of what I want to say, then find the words to say it, and then find an appropriate image related to the blog post. (I do the last one mainly because I like pictures. While I’m linguistically inclined, pretty blogs still call my attention more immediately than a meaty, intellectual blog. Not that I’m calling my blog “meaty” or “intellectual”…)
What I found is I’m yet again spending my time on the things I shouldn’t be… maybe even, as Megan has mentioned, procrastinating with “work”. Here I am, doing something that doesn’t make me immediate money and delaying the real work I should be doing.
I don’t usually mix my baby related posts with the jewelry posts, but as I’ve found our baby spending increased this past week in preparation for Baby Girl, I’m reminded we all need to learn to take a step back and re-assess our current direction. If I don’t do billable work, our baby fund is that much less funded. The smaller our baby fund, the less time I get to bond with Baby Girl, the sooner I must return to work, the less there is to throw back at our debt snowball, the less time to actually think about how to bring my jewelry business back with a bang. Realization can be such a kick in the butt.
And this lesson… *this* lesson in particular… is one I find myself re-learning over and over and over… well, you get the picture. So, no worries my friends – I’m still here, I will just be cutting back my posting to the original plan of 2 per week: one baby related and one jewelry related, with supply destashing posts thrown in here and there once I get the new light box setup. I hope you continue to stick around for the ride.
What lesson do you find yourself regularly facing?
This post is part of the 52 Weeks of Blogging Your Passion {affiliate link} series by Tara Gentile of Scoutie Girl. If you’re interested in participating in the group, pick up her e-book today! {affiliate link} You can start at any time.
Great blog Yazmin, you sound like the female version of me! I always try to fit everything in to one day when I know fine well some things will take days or even weeks to do depending what it is. When I write my blogs if I don’t have an image to show I struggle to write as I like to show what I have made. Had a look at some of your pieces and they are beautiful my wife loves to make wire wrapped jewellery and I love designing pieces. I am so glad I read your blog and will be looking forward to reading more in the future. Hope all goes well with the baby my wife is due in about a month with our second boy so more time to find in an already very full day everyday.
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Congratulations on your new pending addition! I can imagine your already packed day will need some re-arranging. :) You already know mine does and Baby Girl isn’t even here, yet!
Oh we are so similar… I am the greatest overachiever I know. Or is it that I have such an unquenchable thirst for knowledge that I, quite literally, do not slow down. I sometimes think, well I could be refurbishing furniture or spending more time in the garden but instead I take on my second and third University degree!! Here’s what I also know… if I have about 10 minutes of idleness I get bored so I guess study, work, my boys, the garden, projects and chores actually make me happy. I hope all is well with you.
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Yes, we are very similar. I keep adding to my lists and Jason just laughs at me. His favorite thing to say to me is “I’m sure you’ll get to that right after the living room curtains, right?” (That’s code for “you-spent-money-on-fabric-to-finish-the-living-room-curtains-and-you-haven’t-made-them-in-the-8-years-we’ve-been-here”. lol)