Will Power, Planning and Goals

This past week my friend, Tom Russell, posted a meme on Facebook that really hit home. It was a quote by Brian Tracy. Brian Tracy is a motivational speaker and self development author.  The Quote was;

"The one human quality that must be developed it the self discipline for success. The will power to force yourself to do what you know you should do when you should do it, whether you like it or not, whether you feel like it or not. Success is tons of discipline." 

Now I don't have any great desire to make millions or be famous.  But I do want to become proficient at quilting. I do want to develop the skill to longarm. I want to have a side business to supplement my retirement.  But I've had the long arm for 3 years now and all I have really accomplished is getting it paid off.  

So where am I falling short? SELF DISCIPLINE!  I get home from work and am too tired to do anything.  I don't feel like doing anything. This week was especially bad for me.  I was dealing with car issues and getting a rental while ti was in the shop.There were so many hiccups and snags that it was emotionally exhausting.   All the turmoil going on in the world has been getting to me as well. I did very little this week other than wallow in my discouragement and frustration.


I need to develop the will power to push through things like that. I did manage to shake off the melancholy a little bit on Friday and Saturday.  I got some sewing and cleaning done on my room. It wasn't a lot but I did feel better after doing it. That is what I need to focus on. the feeling of accomplishment when I get somethings done. It won't be easy to do. But I do believe the 30-30-30 plan is a start. But it's not quite enough. I think I need to define it more. Or at least set up goals in the 3 areas to work on during the 30-30-30 effort.  

So this week I am planning it out a little better. I am going to break areas down into bite size pieces.

Home - work on cleaning my room, starting with the window corner on my side of the bed. That will include going through the craft stuff in the drawer units and getting rid of stuff I won't use. If I get that done this week that will be good enough. Oh and wrap last years christmas presents and send them off.

Studio - Get the floor that is the path way swept, Get the space behind the long arm cleaned out, get the long arm cleared off.  Watch the videos on giving the long arm a deep clean.
then prepare to give it a deep clean.

Quilting - Finish the 168 HST that I've started.  Get the batik quilt put up until I can lay it out. Get borders on the Pretty in Pink quilt. Make the back to it quilt and the tan quilt. I found some fabric that will be perfect for the tan quilt. I broke the only buy what you need rule because it is an awesome neutral print and I think it will add depth to my stash. Plus I didn't know how much I would need at the time I found it. I wasn't shopping for fabric.  I also need to find different border fabric for Scrappy Joy quilt. I decided that the border fabric I had had out just isn't working for me.  Otherwise I would have made the borders already.  I think I have some that will work in my stash though. So while I am at it I will look for backs for the Church Ladies Aprons quilts.  It will require doing some organizing of my stash. Maybe do one bin at a time over the next few weeks.

That is a lot to do over the next few weeks but I am going to try and prioritize in each area. Plus I have a calendar that I can mark what I need to do each day. I am hoping that writing it done will help me to keep going.  I will also try to limit my caffeine so I am not hitting a rebound effect when I get home. 

I just need to do something different. I can't doing the same thing because we all know that leads to the same results.  I will plan to succeed not plan to fail. 

What are you struggling with?