As soon as I read “this may be more detail than you care for” I got so excited 😂 I love your details! I can relate to your way of thinking so much. Thanks Sarai!
Hi: I'd like to share my ideas on making time for hobbies. My major hobbies are sewing and baking bread. For the sewing I have maximized my time and productivity in two ways. First, I have set up two sewing machines in my sewing/craft/office. With two machines I can work on two projects simultaneously withough taking time to change needles, feet, thread, etc.
Second, I often set a minute timer when I have 30-45 minutes between other activities, to work on sewing projects. Sewing projects lend themselves to working in units, such as cutting pattern pieces, marking pattern pieces and assembly. My usual pattern is to sew after breakfast and again after dinner.
For bread baking, I have a routine that is time efficient. I mix my dough in the evenings and put it in a covered bowl in the refrigerator overnight (for a cool rise). First thing in the morning I take the bowl of dough out to the kitchen counter. After I have breakfast I prepare the dough into loaves or rolls. While the dough is rising I am free to do regular household routines. Last, I bake my bread and set it out to cool. The baking is usually done by 2 p.m. so I am free to leave the house!
This is a lovely post. Quick question: when is your bed time? I am not a morning person and relish my evening time, but this means that mornings are usually quite stressful for me. However, your idea of building in new routines sounds amazing. I have a few things I am working on (better diet, better sleep routine, more exercise) that definitively need to be embedded as new routines...
I noticed you didn’t mention tv watching or reading emails. They suck my time. My to dos take up so much time that I don’t have time for my want tos. I’m very unhappy about it.
For TV, I set a boundary for myself that I don't watch TV during the week. I've been violating it recently so we could rewatch The Sopranos, though. But generally, I don't indulge in TV or movies during the week.
As for email, I'm very organized with work email, but with personal email, I'm hopeless. It's all a bunch of junk anyway. I mostly ignore it, for better or worse.
I'm not on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook, so that gives me a lot of time back. Of course, I have other online indulgences (like Pinterest).
As soon as I read “this may be more detail than you care for” I got so excited 😂 I love your details! I can relate to your way of thinking so much. Thanks Sarai!
That makes me feel better! Thanks Tina.
Hi: I'd like to share my ideas on making time for hobbies. My major hobbies are sewing and baking bread. For the sewing I have maximized my time and productivity in two ways. First, I have set up two sewing machines in my sewing/craft/office. With two machines I can work on two projects simultaneously withough taking time to change needles, feet, thread, etc.
Second, I often set a minute timer when I have 30-45 minutes between other activities, to work on sewing projects. Sewing projects lend themselves to working in units, such as cutting pattern pieces, marking pattern pieces and assembly. My usual pattern is to sew after breakfast and again after dinner.
For bread baking, I have a routine that is time efficient. I mix my dough in the evenings and put it in a covered bowl in the refrigerator overnight (for a cool rise). First thing in the morning I take the bowl of dough out to the kitchen counter. After I have breakfast I prepare the dough into loaves or rolls. While the dough is rising I am free to do regular household routines. Last, I bake my bread and set it out to cool. The baking is usually done by 2 p.m. so I am free to leave the house!
This is a lovely post. Quick question: when is your bed time? I am not a morning person and relish my evening time, but this means that mornings are usually quite stressful for me. However, your idea of building in new routines sounds amazing. I have a few things I am working on (better diet, better sleep routine, more exercise) that definitively need to be embedded as new routines...
I try to get to bed around 10:30, but I don’t always succeed.
I also love all the details! Lovely. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Eliza!
Some pattern design inspiration https://jessicaswift.com. Sorry I didn't think to share this before the last camp, but the primer looks interesting.
I noticed you didn’t mention tv watching or reading emails. They suck my time. My to dos take up so much time that I don’t have time for my want tos. I’m very unhappy about it.
For TV, I set a boundary for myself that I don't watch TV during the week. I've been violating it recently so we could rewatch The Sopranos, though. But generally, I don't indulge in TV or movies during the week.
As for email, I'm very organized with work email, but with personal email, I'm hopeless. It's all a bunch of junk anyway. I mostly ignore it, for better or worse.
I'm not on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook, so that gives me a lot of time back. Of course, I have other online indulgences (like Pinterest).