Are You Up for Discipline?
Today is a glaze firing day. That means I have to get up very early to start the process.
When it’s cold outside it can be hard to muster the energy to get out of bed, light the kiln and get everything started. But, once I’m up and awake I love the few quiet hours before the day gets started to get things done. Today I planned to write this newsletter. I spent a little time reading previous blogs to catch some ideas and get in the flow but I couldn’t come up with anything concrete. So, I went back outside and cleaned up the garden in the cool morning. True, it did need doing but what’s really the priority?
I obviously need to be more disciplined. When I have a schedule I’m pretty good at sticking to it and getting things done. I work three days a week at our local health food store and I’m great with those scheduled days. The other days of the week are for everything else in my life-making ceramics, teaching, chores, other things I’ve committed to and family time. There are no clear boundaries between working in my studio, throwing in a load of laundry or doing banking on-line. My priorities get woolly and I flit between things. There clearly needs to be more structure to my time and I guess I’m the one that has to make it!
I wrote a post earlier in the year about all the jobs that need to happen in my studio to make everything move forward. So, I know what needs to happen there, but this is a different problem, it’s about structure for everyday. I need to give myself work times and ‘other’ times with more clarity at the boundaries and stick to it with real discipline. I don’t know what those divisions are right now, but I will by the end of the day! I’ll be checking in with my calendar and plan every week and changing things as I go.
That’s my plan and now I’m off to work š
I’ve made changes to the class schedule!!
A couple of things have changed in the upcoming class schedule. I’m adding a Monday night class and I’m taking a week off sometime during the building section of class. This changes the price of classes so be sure to read the new information on the ‘Classes and Events’ page!