burnout
the idea of getting behind my sewing machine and starting a new project makes me want to vomit all over myself. i'm sick of it. all of it. maybe this is only a temporary setback, but it's an intense one. there was no project gone bad, no extreme dissappointment, or even something turning out too small for my increasing body mass (is there some reason my body starts to store fat like mad the beginning of each fall? shouldn't i have evolved past this?). i'm just really really tired of it. not ideal. i've got a ton of fabric filling my home that i need to turn into stuff. stuff i can then then send far far away so i never have to look at it again. ever.
maybe i haven't gotten enough sleep or water. those are the two cure-alls, right mom? or maybe i'm taking my frustration with the weather out on my machine (sandals and shorts on the 18th of october in new york? really?). or maybe this is the the result of a few new and different pressures. whatever the reason, i'm taking the break. because i don't like feeling like i have to do things that should be fun. and because i don't like vomiting on myself.
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apologies to ruthie, whose picture is stuck on a post mostly about vomiting. but that look is the same one i've had on my face hundreds of times the past few weeks.
Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 12:39PM
Reader Comments (6)
you have been sewing like a mad woman for a long time now... so just step away from the machine, hide the fabric and take a break, puking is not necessary, you just need a time-out from sewing!
what a cute distressed face ruthie has (and you too, i guess).
I agree with Jeanie, just take a time out. Several months long time out if necessary. You are too talented to quit long term!
It's the October blahs. Everyone I talk to seems to have them these days. The change in the weather, the approaching holidays, the darker mornings... It happens. Your machine will still love you in the weeks or months it takes for you to reunited with it again (without vomiting). At least your hobby doesn't actually cause the fat storage. I somehow picked up a cupcake obsession and it doesn't seem to be abating with the change in seasons. Problematic.
Katie-
this is so funny. but seriously, you've been sewing up a storm! time to mix it up, take a break. wait, the halloween costumes you've made!? are you kidding me?! it doesn't get any cuter! i'm terrible at halloween costumes- my mom had to get ruby and atticus pottery barn animal ears and tails since i'm a creative black hole right now. i think the october blah's are going around- its definitely not just you...i think i've been in a funk for a couple months though... november can only go up baby!
luv,
patria
I am beginning to feel this way too.....and I just bought a bunch of fabric =(
allow me to introduce myself -- i've been "stalking" you ever since jenny (of wikstenmade) let me know you were a fan, and now i quietly check up on your awesome blog when i get the chance. i always feel weird reading and rereading people's blogs without letting them know though, so now you know i'm watching.
i loved this most recent post, mostly because i can towwwwwtally relate. i often hit that mysterious wall in creating, and most of the time i can't seem to blame it on one specific thing (except maybe that with every line that gets sewn, there's a fierce three year old there to breathe down my neck). it's refreshing to hear that other normal people hit that wall too. those days where i feel like everyone but me can get their stuff done are really hard ones. i do know that no matter how bad the funk, i usually come out of it with even better and clearer motivation. enjoy the break! (sorry about the so huge comment)