My Mantra for this Season

I used to dream about this phase of life, in which the majority of my time is spent on my own work—weaving, and finding and selling vintage clothing. I am literally living my dream.

And yet I still find myself rushing through the tasks of these roles.

As I sit at the loom or photograph clothing items to be listed online to sell, mentally I am already on to the next thing. I may be weaving a tapestry and find myself wishing I was done with it so I can start on x, y, or z.

So my mantra for this season is simply "The Work is the work."

It reminds me that the work of the moment is the capital-W-Work (as in, my vocation). Rushing through to start on the next thing will only lead to rushing through that thing to start on the next, and so on, and thus lead to rushing through this delicious season of life in which my time is almost all my own.

I don't want to rush anymore.

I want to savor the moments at the loom and focus on the work at hand.

And so when I find myself annoyed that I have to spend time cleaning beautiful vintage cowboy boots I thrifted, or longing to start on the next weaving project while I'm in the middle of weaving a row on the project on the loom, I try to remember and repeat in that moment: