Nothing like starting a blog and then never blogging.......so let's try this again! It's such a quiet day today....the weather has been horrific....it's cold and feels a little too much like winter. That's what we get for living in Wisconsin! I've been knitting up a storm...trying out new patterns, revisiting some old patterns, looking at new yarns and drooling just a bit at the never ending array of beautiful fiber in the world.
I'm just recently feeling the impact of our sorry economy and wondering what the future will old. Our local economic problems are compounded by a Village Board and Chamber of Commerce who are decidely short sighted and unimaginative when it comes to problem solving. We live in such a pretty little town - I'm hoping that things will perk up here soon and we'll start seeing a community that is "the place to be" in Western Wisconsin. I'll keep you posted as ideas start to fly!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
A First Time for Everything?
I'm blogging - who'd have thought? This is one of those things I always thought I'd never do - right along with writing Christmas letters, owning a store, having more than 2 children, remarrying, knitting, crocheting, and getting fat. And like the rest of the list.....it was hard to get started. (except getting fat - I'm afraid that's been painfully simple from day 1). It's not that I haven't wanted to blog - from the time I heard about blogging - I've wanted to start one...but I just couldn't bring myself to get started. I was afraid that my first attempt would be so bad, that the blog police would shut me down or something....like that many people are actually going to read this?
Here I am - 5o something years old - and I still have trouble trying something for the first time. I know I'm not alone - there's a lot of people out there afraid to try something for the first time. What are we afraid of? And why - when we finally do try something new - do we think we should be good at it right away?
I teach knitting and crocheting classes in my store(it's a yarn shop). Adults in particular, seem to think that they should catch on right away or they're no good at it. It's pretty rare to find someone who's good at anything the first time they try it, isn't it? There are exceptions of course, but most of us have to struggle and start over a whole bunch of times before we succeed.
When I started knitting - I started over a bunch of times before I actually finished a project. Through all the starting over and having to fix mistakes - I learned. I have made so many mistakes - and started over so many times, that I actually have become quite a troubleshooting expert when it comes to knitting and crocheting. I always tell my knitters not to be afraid to make mistakes - it's just yarn. IF you goof up - rip it out and try again. When it's all finished and beautiful - who's going to know that it took 14 tries to get started?
The real experts in anything are the ones that made the most mistakes. They're the ones that learned the most because they got the most practice from all their "do- overs." Experts are who we turn to fix our mistakes. Doesn't it make sense that they became experts because they had so many mistakes of their own to fix?
If, when we start out - we're not very good...then all we can do is get better. So -this is my first blog.....I just reread it - and it's not very good. But I'll keep trying - because it's something I always wanted to do - and I'm figuring I can only get better. The only way I can fail is to give up.
Here I am - 5o something years old - and I still have trouble trying something for the first time. I know I'm not alone - there's a lot of people out there afraid to try something for the first time. What are we afraid of? And why - when we finally do try something new - do we think we should be good at it right away?
I teach knitting and crocheting classes in my store(it's a yarn shop). Adults in particular, seem to think that they should catch on right away or they're no good at it. It's pretty rare to find someone who's good at anything the first time they try it, isn't it? There are exceptions of course, but most of us have to struggle and start over a whole bunch of times before we succeed.
When I started knitting - I started over a bunch of times before I actually finished a project. Through all the starting over and having to fix mistakes - I learned. I have made so many mistakes - and started over so many times, that I actually have become quite a troubleshooting expert when it comes to knitting and crocheting. I always tell my knitters not to be afraid to make mistakes - it's just yarn. IF you goof up - rip it out and try again. When it's all finished and beautiful - who's going to know that it took 14 tries to get started?
The real experts in anything are the ones that made the most mistakes. They're the ones that learned the most because they got the most practice from all their "do- overs." Experts are who we turn to fix our mistakes. Doesn't it make sense that they became experts because they had so many mistakes of their own to fix?
If, when we start out - we're not very good...then all we can do is get better. So -this is my first blog.....I just reread it - and it's not very good. But I'll keep trying - because it's something I always wanted to do - and I'm figuring I can only get better. The only way I can fail is to give up.
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