Things I can't keep up drift away. Things I won't keep up are sometimes lifestyle and sometimes casualties. Things I should keep up? Oy.
Mostly, I'm not keeping up.
Keeping up appearances --
I don't, much. Could improve, but the reasons would not be for sake of appearance.
Keeping up with work demands --
Sometimes I wonder who does, really. You get some things done, and you make progress on others. I got a couple things done today. That list should be longer.
Keeping up the home --
Yurgh. In one weekend, a weekend in which I was at work twice, I managed three loads of laundry, some desk and table clutter clearing, and a little food-prep for a week of packing along all my meals to work. Gah. Bah.
Keeping up with the Joneses --
More distant than the appearance issue, mostly.
Keep your chin up --
Trying to support others who are trying, trying to model the tactic myself.
Having a hard time.
I'm certainly not keeping up with the blogging. I manage only to peer at blogs and knitty and ravelry. I'm knitting a second of the pile of hats I really wanted to crank out.
And I'm not ready for my evening of work. I'm going to do that now. I just wanted to feel like I could use a few minutes of the week to keep up something purely for myself.
Someone else would probably opt for the pedicure.
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Met this "use it or lose it" self-challenge (eventually) and used the opportunity to give away some yarn as well as to get some sock yarn used up.
2005 & before: 6 pair
2006 : 10 pair, one orphan to be frogged
2007 : 5 pair
2008 : 6 pair
2009 : 1 pair
2010 : 1 pair
2011 : 2 pair
2012 : 2 pair
2013 : 1 pair
SOCK PAIR COUNT: 34
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Met this "use it or lose it" self-challenge (eventually) and used the opportunity to give away some yarn as well as to get some sock yarn used up.
2005 & before: 6 pair
2006 : 10 pair, one orphan to be frogged
2007 : 5 pair
2008 : 6 pair
2009 : 1 pair
2010 : 1 pair
2011 : 2 pair
2012 : 2 pair
2013 : 1 pair
SOCK PAIR COUNT: 34
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4 comments:
I don't think it's possible to keep up. Appearances and Joneses are the first things to go for me, too.
As for the home...if I were working full time permanently I would hire laundry or housecleaning help. My mom used to take our laundry out. Do you have it in your budget?
Those free moments for knitting are so much more fulfilling than a pedicure...especially in winter when nobody is looking at our feet.
Funny you should mention laundry. I stayed after rehearsal tonight to run a load for myself in the shop.
My plan was to finish laundry tonight, then not work at all over the weekend. It's probably not going to happen, but it's liberating when you give yourself permission not to come up with a checklist, then worry about your progress. You'll be surprised how much still gets done even when you don't.
I've got to stop opting for the chocolate. I keep up less than you. Don't worry about it. Chin up.
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