Like so many other knitters on the internets I'm going on a stash diet in 2007. I almost bought the yarn for the linen skirt but stopped myself. I don't really have time to make the skirt and Louet is not going to go out of business if I don't buy it tomorrow, it's really just stash craving and that must cease. I am on a one year stash diet, I have plenty of things to make, plenty of patterns I love and planned to make until I got sidetracked by the next soft pretty thing. No more, I'm done with that.
This will be my year without yarn - except for three days of Maryland Sheep and Wool, assuming I'm not preparing to move in May, I plan to be there and for MDS&W I totally have a pass to buy whatever I damn well please, because it's 4 months away and I'll have knocked a few more skeins out of the stash that ate my house by then. And if I have a deadline for moving I'll be so damn organized and prepared and have my stash reduced to manageable proportions, because that is how I am when I'm on a deadline. I snap to it when I have a goal.
My resolutions for 2007 are shaping up. And of course shaping up is part of the resolutions, but I'm on the right track with that so I'm not too focused on making rules. I will exercise and eat right most of the time. And get more sleep. These days off have been gloriously sleepy, I am sleeping 9 hours at a stretch, which for me is unheard of.
But my real goal for 2007 is to enjoy life. I'm at a good point in my life, I'm in a position to indulge myself and enjoy my freedom and my modest accomplishments. My resolution for 2007 is simple yet full of details - I want to be the best I can be. I will not settle for less than what I really want, whether it's a good haircut, a great pair of shoes or my best possible body, which means eating grilled fish instead of a frozen pizza, and working out instead of sitting around, and I will apply those same standards to relationships and my job and, well, everything. If the Universe is strapping me to another roller coaster of change, I'm going to enjoy the ride and do it in style.
And so that's my resolution for 2007: Only the Best Will Do, because I'm Worth It, Dammit.
I am proof that you can live a whole year without purchasing yarn. I didn't whittle down much existing stash - it actually grew through kindly offered gifts. I passed on a few things that I may never see again, but there are thousands of new things, not just a few, that are waiting for me just inside the door to the future. But that headdy rush of Must Have New Must Have Must is gone and it feels sooooo nice.
ReplyDeleteYou can do this gal. And you can come to enjoy it. or at least enjoy its effects.
I know I can do it. I have so many things going on in my life right now, and so many changes on the horizon, and I just feel that mad stashing belongs to my old life. All I have to do is visit my stash and my patterns and I'm reminded of things I really wanted to make and then shoved aside. I'll get back to them this year.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, C! Since my back bedroom is full of yarn, I will join you. Maybe we can support each other until we go to MSW!
ReplyDeleteWell said.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
(((hugs)))
Yes, you ARE worth it, chica. Happy New Year...
ReplyDeleteYou ARE worth it, hon. I have to keep reminding myself that I am too.
ReplyDeleteI have been taking shit for WAY too long and am getting very tired of it. It may be time for a correction.
I think if I can fit more exercise into my life, I will be pleased.
I also resolve to do less of what is demanded of me--that is severely contributing to my stress levels.