Quen's Fan Retreat

I wanted to talk a little bit about... putting projects on hold, cause um. I started this in April of last year
so it's - it's been ten months. and we're going on a full year of working on this
like ten months is a long time to be working on something! and granted, this is a big project, so ... it makes sense that it would take a long time
but
a lot of that time, I just wasn't working on it. I wasn't doing anything.
and that's ok!
that's - not a crime?
this is something that like, I think and feel, so maybe... you don't have the same issue, but I think this is a fairly common, um, feeling among people who make stuff
that like having works in progress and not finishing things quickly enough is like, bad, and that's just not true?
I mean it's different if like, it's your job, or if it's something for school, um, because then obviously there's deadlines and, you need to, y'know, fulfill commitments and that kinda thing.
but
I'm doing this for fun.
this is supposed to be fun.
if I'm working on this... and it's no longer fun...
then I've like.
lost the plot.
I think it's important to keep that in mind. that like, I'm working on this because I like to embroider. and I want to have some big embroidery hanging on my wall.
but wanting the finished product is not as important to me as the process of making it.
like, the actual act of like... putting needle through fabric is what's enjoyable for me.

And when it's done, I'll have this like lovely reminder of all the hard work that I put in and the time that I enjoyed spending on it.
but
the - the time is the point.
the process is the point.
the medium is the message.
       marshall mcluhan
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and if you take anything away from this video, I want it to be that... it's ok to like put projects on hold. you'll get it done eventually. the time will pass. you will come back to it later on and feel motivated and inspired to work on this again. and ... you will get more out of the experience than if you just push yourself through and rush and make yourself finish it
because like, 'it's been so long, I need to get it done' like -
no, you don't.
you can, you can - you can take your time. you can be chill about it. and just enjoy the process.
and have a good time.
and I think the finished product will be better overall.