...and you don't succeed the next time, but you REALLY WANT something, you have to stick with it and stuff.
I REALLY want to lose the extra pounds. So this time I'm REALLY sticking with the weight lifting, even though I lost all the progress I made last time, I'm changing my eating habits, and I'm being more active in general. This is as of three days ago, so results have yet to be seen. But! I've decided to reward myself with each ten pounds lost by plying up a skein of this lovely rainbow and black cotton tape yarn I've dyed- it was originally the ugliest shade of off white you could ever imagine, and I had an entire brand new cone of it! It's wayyy too thin to knit garments with by hand, as it would take forever- so I decided to chain ply it.
The chain ply looks a little sloppy in the last picture because it was, but a good soaking and thwacking evened it out very nicely, and it's currently drying. So this skein marks the start of the journey- ten pounds lost, and I'll do another. By the time all six are done, it will mean that I'm down to my goal weight of 130 or so. And, given that I'll have about 3000 yards of this by the time I'm done, perhaps I'll even knit myself a goddamn dress!
As far as my business is going, things are really wonderful. My repeat customer can't seem to get enough of my cotton yarns, and I've picked up two other strangers along the way, one of whom left me a GLOWING review, and the other is getting her package shipped out tomorrow. I've got some supply buying to do, as I'm almost out of soda ash and I'm completely out of urea, which means no cotton dyeing for a while. I haven't had time yet to fully implement the strategies I learned about and took such careful notes on- but I'll get to it soon. Time management is something I need to get better about. I've been so busy making yarn that I've been neglecting social media and blogging again. My goal is to post on the business page a minimum of 2x a day... and I've been barely doing that in a week! Instagram is something I hardly look at anymore, and while I did manage to get a re-pin on Pinterest, I've been neglecting that hardcore too. I've really got to set aside about 2 hours a day for this stuff. While I'm incredibly grateful to have one loyal customer, I need to get my yarn out there more because I know my yarn is flippin' awesome and I could have MANY more loyal customers, if I could just get them to know I exist. I'm really interested in learning about SEO and algorithms and all that jazz. Although sometimes I feel a little pessimistic because my yarn is such a niche item, I know that in time, if I persevere, I will be really, really successful. My yarn is too sweet to fail.
I've been making it a habit lately to pay extra attention to the things I'm grateful for. Random things during the day that I appreciate- a Van Morrison song, petting my cats, cooler weather, food, etc- I take time to really enjoy and be thankful for. There is absolutely no fucking reason to whine and complain and make problems where there are none. Why be miserable when you can be happy? Why let other people's behavior affect who you are? I am working on learning to respond, rather than to react, when I need to respond at all. Ok, sure, so going to the store down the street today and witnessing some absolutely rude, oblivious shit going on around me made me a bit homicidal, but I'm still wrestling with letting stuff like that affect me. It's just that it seems like SUCH BASIC STUFF that people should know- like moving aside when someone says "Excuse me," or not letting your toddler scream at feral cats and scare them off, or if you're a cashier, responding when someone says HELLO and THANK YOU. My solution to this at the moment is the same as it's ever been, which is to not go out during the day at all when I can help it. Anything I need to buy in the neighborhood, I can usually get 24 hours a day. Unfortunately, tomorrow I NEED to go into Manhattan to buy more sweaters and stitch marker supplies. I'll steel myself for it. It'll probably be good for me anyway, to get out a little. I'm reaching real hermit status these days, unless going to the post office a few times a week to ship out orders counts.
Oh! I don't know why that reminds me, but it does- I've decided to just stop dyeing my hair altogether. I had originally thought I might just dye it in increasingly lighter shades of brown, until I got back to blonde, but ain't nobody got time for that. I just plain don't even care that much about how my blonde roots are going to look growing out (they're already at a questionable point right now) and it's hat season anyway. I've got a ton of really cute hats I've knit that I never wear. Now is as good a time as any, I guess!
Annnddd... that's it, that's all I can type. I am so goddamn tired right now. It's so satisfying though, being able to end each day knowing that I exhausted myself because I was doing work that I love and I'm stark raving passionate about. I feel like I'm doing exactly what I need to be doing, and it's exactly what I want to be doing, and it's only getting better every day. Thank you to the universe, to the all, to my higher self, to divinity external and internal. I recognize and accept the blessings already received and yet to come, and I will continue to strive upward each and every day.
I REALLY want to lose the extra pounds. So this time I'm REALLY sticking with the weight lifting, even though I lost all the progress I made last time, I'm changing my eating habits, and I'm being more active in general. This is as of three days ago, so results have yet to be seen. But! I've decided to reward myself with each ten pounds lost by plying up a skein of this lovely rainbow and black cotton tape yarn I've dyed- it was originally the ugliest shade of off white you could ever imagine, and I had an entire brand new cone of it! It's wayyy too thin to knit garments with by hand, as it would take forever- so I decided to chain ply it.
As far as my business is going, things are really wonderful. My repeat customer can't seem to get enough of my cotton yarns, and I've picked up two other strangers along the way, one of whom left me a GLOWING review, and the other is getting her package shipped out tomorrow. I've got some supply buying to do, as I'm almost out of soda ash and I'm completely out of urea, which means no cotton dyeing for a while. I haven't had time yet to fully implement the strategies I learned about and took such careful notes on- but I'll get to it soon. Time management is something I need to get better about. I've been so busy making yarn that I've been neglecting social media and blogging again. My goal is to post on the business page a minimum of 2x a day... and I've been barely doing that in a week! Instagram is something I hardly look at anymore, and while I did manage to get a re-pin on Pinterest, I've been neglecting that hardcore too. I've really got to set aside about 2 hours a day for this stuff. While I'm incredibly grateful to have one loyal customer, I need to get my yarn out there more because I know my yarn is flippin' awesome and I could have MANY more loyal customers, if I could just get them to know I exist. I'm really interested in learning about SEO and algorithms and all that jazz. Although sometimes I feel a little pessimistic because my yarn is such a niche item, I know that in time, if I persevere, I will be really, really successful. My yarn is too sweet to fail.
I've been making it a habit lately to pay extra attention to the things I'm grateful for. Random things during the day that I appreciate- a Van Morrison song, petting my cats, cooler weather, food, etc- I take time to really enjoy and be thankful for. There is absolutely no fucking reason to whine and complain and make problems where there are none. Why be miserable when you can be happy? Why let other people's behavior affect who you are? I am working on learning to respond, rather than to react, when I need to respond at all. Ok, sure, so going to the store down the street today and witnessing some absolutely rude, oblivious shit going on around me made me a bit homicidal, but I'm still wrestling with letting stuff like that affect me. It's just that it seems like SUCH BASIC STUFF that people should know- like moving aside when someone says "Excuse me," or not letting your toddler scream at feral cats and scare them off, or if you're a cashier, responding when someone says HELLO and THANK YOU. My solution to this at the moment is the same as it's ever been, which is to not go out during the day at all when I can help it. Anything I need to buy in the neighborhood, I can usually get 24 hours a day. Unfortunately, tomorrow I NEED to go into Manhattan to buy more sweaters and stitch marker supplies. I'll steel myself for it. It'll probably be good for me anyway, to get out a little. I'm reaching real hermit status these days, unless going to the post office a few times a week to ship out orders counts.
Oh! I don't know why that reminds me, but it does- I've decided to just stop dyeing my hair altogether. I had originally thought I might just dye it in increasingly lighter shades of brown, until I got back to blonde, but ain't nobody got time for that. I just plain don't even care that much about how my blonde roots are going to look growing out (they're already at a questionable point right now) and it's hat season anyway. I've got a ton of really cute hats I've knit that I never wear. Now is as good a time as any, I guess!
Annnddd... that's it, that's all I can type. I am so goddamn tired right now. It's so satisfying though, being able to end each day knowing that I exhausted myself because I was doing work that I love and I'm stark raving passionate about. I feel like I'm doing exactly what I need to be doing, and it's exactly what I want to be doing, and it's only getting better every day. Thank you to the universe, to the all, to my higher self, to divinity external and internal. I recognize and accept the blessings already received and yet to come, and I will continue to strive upward each and every day.
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