Action

I would like to share an adage I heard the other day that might possibly become my mantra:

Action is the foundation of all success.

I have had problems with motivation for quite a long time, back through high school and middle school, and I can't speak to elementary school but it always comes down to STARTING whatever needs to get done. Once I start on something, I usually work away at it until it is all or mostly complete. The problem is, I can dance around projects like no other by finding other things that need to be done, like cleaning the house or making a needlessly elaborate dinner.

So I'm going to start reminding myself that action is the foundation of all success. Because that's honestly one of my biggest hurdles.

New Fascination: Hourglasses

It took me a few attempts to get it right, but I finally ended up with this hourglass that I'm fairly happy with. It is about five inches tall, and it measures 3 and one quarter minutes.

The adorable small ones I had intended as my end product gave me such a hard time that I didn't complete a single one despite many, many attempts. I got them 95% of the way though! The very last step was where the problem was, which was quite frustrating.

Maybe someday I'll reach this level of awesomeness: Ikepod Hourglass by Mark Newson