All or Nothing

All or Nothing. That is how my mind works, unfortunately. I'm a person who loves her creative pursuits. I'm always following one or another. However, I can only seem to do one or the other. I can't do several at one time.

If I'm in "knitting mode," then I knit. If I want to write, then I write. If I want to quilt... well, you get the picture. I can't seem to knit in the morning and write in the afternoon. I'm going to try it again, but I'm not sure how it will go.

This afternoon, I sat down to knit. Normally, I do 3 repeats on a shawl and 3 rows on a cowl I'm working on. However, for the past two days I've done nothing. I got caught up in the idea of writing again and so that's what I've been working on doing. I pulled out an old piece I've been working on for years. I started this new blog. I've been surfing Writing.com and I reopened my portfolio there.

Today, I managed to do a little knitting before I stopped again. Once more, I was lured into my writing website. Of course, I haven't done any actual writing... I'm making plans. Thinking through various plot points and figuring out what my characters are going to do next. Wondering if I can jump in and just start writing or if it's going to be obvious I haven't been writing much lately.

I can multitask in real life, but apparently not in my creative life. I would love to be able to, though. Maybe if I keep trying I'll finally get it. Wouldn't that be great? I think it would be, especially since one of the things I'm knitting is a Christmas gift and the next one due to be cast on is also a Christmas gift. I really want to learn how to balance those two sides of my creativity. I'll get there, maybe.