I know, this has turned into a very self-involved and not-too-much-knitting blog lately, but as someone wise once said, "more people are reading my t-shirt than read your blog", so I don't really care. It's a place to put down stuff that I think about, so I can look back later and see where I've been.
Yesterday I got to thinking that I tend to over-commit, and it's time to pare back my online commitments. So I left a few Ravelry groups that I was in, including the Mission Possible 2008, because I was starting to resent my knitting "obligations", and that's a Bad Thing. Also about the gym and whatnot - if I go to the gym I feel good but if I don't, why should I feel guilty? Ditto food - dammit if I really want chocolate cake or ice cream, I'm gonna eat it - I'm still eating better/wiser than I used to (down a pound from this time last week, BTW, so something's working).
And fall is coming on, which is when I typically make my "new year" plans (I was SUCH a back-to-school kid, and that sticks). Not doing it this year. Just gonna live each life one day at a time (ooh how 12-step of me), and for good or bad, each day will continue to pass into the next no matter what I do about it, or with it. Maybe it's the "Rent" influence - No Day But Today.
Anyway, that's my navel-gazing for Friday. I'm gonna knit some more on Carole's shawl this weekend. I want to finish it for her birthday. Then I'm gonna knit whatever the hell I want, because I can. No Knit But Today's.
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I only knit for me. I go on Ravelry from time to time (not really addicted to it) and I don't want to be "them". These knitters are totally knitting obsessed. Knitting is my "hobby" and I take it slow, enjoying the Zen-like repetition of making a stitch. If I finish something, great, if not, oh well - it's always been a journey, not a destination. That's why I still haven't put in the last 50 stitches sewing up the Red Sweater I knit 3 years ago.
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