Half-way Projects and Dublin Backsides

 

{While I was searching for that elusive sporty image, I found this guy. The backside of Wicklow Street in Dublin. One of my favorite things about Dublin is the old store advertisements painted on the buildings.}

 

For the last hour, I’ve been searching for a photo that I am certain exists but I just can’t put my finger on it. It’s a really specific photo of the last gaelic football match I saw here in Dublin. It exists, I’m sure of it, and when I find it, then I’ll start writing this great post about all the fun sporty stuff you can do in Dublin. At least, that’s what I’ve been telling myself for the last hour when the thought creeps in that I might just be procrastinating. Just a little. When the voice of reason pipes in and says just write the darn post, and worry about the photo later.

After two months of working from home, I’ve started to notice a pattern sneaking in. The most pressing things on the to-do list – responding to emails, sending invoices, and going to meetings – get done every day. The big dreamy ideas that take a calm brain? The projects that bounce around in my head when I wake up in the middle of the night? They get squeezed out by the every day, every day.

I have what feels like 72 projects half ready to meet the world at the moment. And they are going to be so good when they are ready. They’re projects I just can’t wait to share with you, like a new podcast series featuring Irish creatives, two new sets of craft classes for locals here in Dublin, and a bunch of posts that will have you celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in style. Not to mention a new Dublin guide for Design*Sponge, a fun feature about Dublin in The Simple Things magazine, and blogger meetup collaboration with Avoca.

Have you ever found yourself in this position? Too many ideas, not enough time? This might be my first real stumper of my freelance career – how do you stop treading water long enough to move forward? And while you’re moving forward, who’s doing the dishes-laundry-making-dinner-neverending-cycle-that-just-won’t-stop?

And with that, I’m off to record a few more podcast interviews that will hopefully be hitting the airwaves in the next week. Happy Tuesday, friends! Wishing you clear brains, quiet inboxes and short to-do lists.