puppetmaker | Crafty Tuesday Implementation and Impediments

Yes, I know it is Wednesday but I wrote this yesterday and due to the hot water heater issue and other things that happened, I am posting it today. Which is a prime example of what I wrote yesterday

There is a saying that I read that states “Life is what happens when you make plans.”

And I have plans. I have lots of plans of things I need to do and things I want to do.

I have a plan of how I am going to do said things and even a timetable upon which I should be complete with one project or another.

I read how a well thought out plan will allow one to achieve their goals.

Spiffy.

But what is not in that plan is what happens from day to day and breath to breath. My day can change with a phone call or even a text message or a family member informing me that my services will be needed by said family member.

It is not that I don’t get any ‘me’ time. I take it to go to the gym and not worry about anything for about two hours.

But life does go on and things need to be done. And responsibility becomes the watchword of the day.

Carving time out of desperation to get a project done doesn’t give one much leisure time to work on it. You just kind of get it done and hope for the best.

Right now I want to go back and revise my Doctor Strange and Mordo puppets to match what I know now about the costumes and I want to build an Ancient One based on the costume that I have photos of from SDCC although the yellow outfit is very tempting. Also I might make a Kaecilius puppet because of the eye challenge. And I might be showing these at Dragon Con next year or doing something with them in the puppet slam.

I need to get a puppet done for a friend who has been more than patience with me. I have promised another friend a puppet for a gag they want to do. There are several promises I that need to keep.

I talk every year about setting up a site for my puppets to sell and haven’t done that. Caroline and I do have an etsy space that we are going to be using soon. Again the word soon is being used. I need to make business cards for people who are interested in my work. I need to put myself out there and find a way to sell more puppets because I do build them for sale not to sit around my house with a few exceptions that I have grown very fond of. And it is not like a lot of people haven’t given me a lot of advice on this subject. I just need to get to it and do it.

I have ideas and I have ambitions now I just need to find the time to make those a reality.

I have to factor in limitations like how steady are my hands today? Or can I sit and sew on the machine without too much discomfort? Or can I get to the materials that I need for the project?

I will admit that right now I am frustrated by a number of things and there are other factors that are increasing that frustration.

So I will sit down and yet again sort out how I will be tackling the set of things that I need or want to do and then trying to implement a plan so I can actually do them.

Let’s see how far I can get before life decides that I need to be doing something else.

I am grateful for the time I have to be creative.