So we have arrived at the 33 of the 100-day project. That's right at that point where we're a third of the way home.
A group from a while back
Yesterday turned out to be a complete failure! What I mean by that, is that I didn't get anything creative done at all and I didn't get any of the social media things done, either... so it was pretty much a zero day. I suppose that is not too bad, all things considered, I made 32 consecutive days but I still feel a little bit sad about it.
So what happened yesterday was I started cleaning my home office space and got to some boxes that were sitting on the bottom shelf of one of my storage units, in which I discovered that I had quite a few things (not at all related to Alchemy Stones) that I needed to put on eBay.
Retreat stone number 9 completed today... sorry it's a bit overexposed!
One thing led to another, and I kept sorting and categorizing and tidying up, and establishing an order of importance for getting photography and listings done and before I knew it it was 1:30 in the morning.
So it's not as if I wasn't productive yesterday, I just wasn't doing any of the creative work!
What had motivated me so much to get this done is the realization that I have not one, but two tax payments due within two weeks, and now I have about 10 days to generate an extra $800 out of thin air!
Shadow the cat kept me company some of the time. Part of the secret to not having cats IN your work is to provide a very comfortable cat bed nearby!
The 100 day project so far has only reminded me that I don't have any spare time and I've only been able to keep up with it because I simply add an hour and a half to two hours to each day to work on the creative things.
How this is going to go from this point forward I don't know because now I also have to add an extra two hours for additional eBay work, for at least for two weeks.
Today is a little bit less hectic, because at least I didn't have to run errands. So I'm using my errand time to do a little painting.
Retreat stone number 10 also completed today!
Day 33 Stone Painting:
So there was no Day 32 painting.
Day 33 ended up simply being a couple more stones done for the big Retreat Order, and they are pictured above.
I intended to paint one non-order stone, but once again I find myself typing these words at 12:30 at night.
So I'm drawing the line here... and making this a somewhat short post, I guess.
Day 33 Summary and Social Media Bits:
Finished TWO new stones today: Continuing to work on the large order for the women's retreat, bot of todays stones for this... 10-of-30 now completed.
Daily Twitter/X post: Check. A collage image. I've noticed many of my tweets now get 25-30 views, so that's definitely progress!
Daily Facebook Page post: Fail. Out of time/got too late.
Daily Instagram post: Fail. Same as above.
Other Stuff: As usual, this Hive post; Daily shoutout to @gillianpearce!
Day 33 completed; looks like I will have to pass on finishing stones this weekend; the temperatures have cooled considerably... maybe next weekend!
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I wondered what happened yesterday. I thought I might have missed your post because I was so busy getting the cluster book finished. Sorry you ended up missing a day but at least you're back on it today and, you got all that sorting done. That's a good feeling at least. 😍
In the end, it becomes about priorities, too!
This is "tax season" for us here in the States. Annual property tax due March 31st, self-employment income taxes on April 15th. So I have to prioritize earning over creating, at the moment.
Here is a vote to support you!
Hopefully I'll see you at some of the upcoming Portland drum circles.
Thanks, appreciate it!