Falling Short of Goals (and it's okay)

3 of my WIPS

There are 3 days left in the WIPS-B-GONE 2022 challenge. I have managed to complete 3 quilts. I had given up trying to get 8 done but was hoping to finish a 4th. That is not going to happen. The fact of the matter is I have been very busy. The house needed cleaned up before guest arrived for Thanksgiving. Then we spent a week entertaining, etc. Now that the guests have gone and I have a little time before returning to work, I am sick.  I have no energy whatsoever.  I have a quilt that is ready to go on the long arm but I need to press it and I don't want to set up the big board. Not because it's that hard to do but because I don't have the energy to do it.

I hate being sick. This illness is actually Asthmatic Bronchitis. I am not contagious but I am struggling to breathe. I will have to take a Covid test before returning to work (not fun). Then I will need to wear a mask while at work. I hate wearing a mask as it makes it harder to breathe when everything is normal. It will be worse with the bronchitis. I also hate to call in sick after being out on vacation for a week. It's not as though I don't have the STO time to take. I will just have to see how this week goes.

More WIPS

All this leads up to not getting that 4th quilt done before the end of the challenge. That is okay though because I did get 3 quilts done in the past 2 months. 3 quilts that had been sitting and waiting to be finished for a long time. 3 quilts that are now out of the WIP pile. That is progress. Plus I learned something new with each of the 3 quilts I finished. Each quilt also made the recipient very happy. So while my goals were not quite met. I did progress and that is my ultimate goal.  3 less projects in my WIP pile is a win. Besides I still have a lot of WIPS left to finish.

It's okay to fall short of your goals just as long as you don't give up on them. What goal have you not quite hit? Are you still working on it?