Masses to do before Open Studios starts this Friday. I get a bit panicky as a deadline approaches, yet I still put things off! It doesn't make sense, but by this point I'm not thinking sensibly - I expend as much energy feeling guilty and castigating myself for leaving things to the last minute as would get the thing done. (I remind myself that this is how I usually do things....)
I'm painting the concrete floor in the studio white. I see it as a major, major job - all the stacked up paintings will have to be moved, and where to? And all the stuff under the worktable, and the boots and shoes and logs and other clutter that all end up here by the back door. It has to be vacuumed, washed, dried, painted, with time for the paint to dry before I need to use the space. I feel overwhelmed and begin to think it is an impossible task.
Then I ask myself 'What would be simplest?'
Just start.
Take the first baby step.
I clear a strip under the window from wall to wall, about 3 feet deep. I already feel better - because I have started. I wash it and go for a walk while it dries. Last thing I paint the clean strip. It's actually quite pleasant to do. I'll do more tomorrow.
Now that I have started the panic subsides. I am calmer and I can see that it will all get done.
It always does.
But only if I start....
..the wedding was lovely. There was rain, hailstones, and then just in time for the photos - sunshine....
I'm painting the concrete floor in the studio white. I see it as a major, major job - all the stacked up paintings will have to be moved, and where to? And all the stuff under the worktable, and the boots and shoes and logs and other clutter that all end up here by the back door. It has to be vacuumed, washed, dried, painted, with time for the paint to dry before I need to use the space. I feel overwhelmed and begin to think it is an impossible task.
Then I ask myself 'What would be simplest?'
Just start.
Take the first baby step.
I clear a strip under the window from wall to wall, about 3 feet deep. I already feel better - because I have started. I wash it and go for a walk while it dries. Last thing I paint the clean strip. It's actually quite pleasant to do. I'll do more tomorrow.
Now that I have started the panic subsides. I am calmer and I can see that it will all get done.
It always does.
But only if I start....
..the wedding was lovely. There was rain, hailstones, and then just in time for the photos - sunshine....
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