That part-of-the-way-through slump

On 28 Dec 2004 16:49:37 GMT, ospam (Bungadora)
wrote:

Seanette Blaylock

I don't know about anyone else, but I can start a project with great
enthusiasm, and when I'm near finishing it I can churn right along,
but I nearly always hit a part-way-through bogdown. About the only
thing that helps is having a tight deadline and that doesn't always
help very much. Any suggestions?
Do smaller projects.
Bo-o-o-o-rrring!!!!!!!
Darla
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, ospam (Bungadora)
wrote:

Do smaller projects.
Bo-o-o-o-rrring!!!!!!!
Darla

I assume you mean smaller projects are boring. I don't agree. They can be quite
complex, even if they take a week or less to finish. If Seanette is pooping
out half way through her projects, the gratification of finishing a small
project might be more interesting than stuffing another half-finished cross
stitch project into a tupperware storage box.

Breaking a project down into rotation also helps. I find a week is enough to
make me sick of whatever I'm working on, and it takes six weeks or so before I
want to work on it again.
Dora
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ospam (Bungadora) had some very interesting things
to say about That part-of-the-way-through slump:

I don't know about anyone else, but I can start a project with great
enthusiasm, and when I'm near finishing it I can churn right along,
but I nearly always hit a part-way-through bogdown. About the only
thing that helps is having a tight deadline and that doesn't always
help very much. Any suggestions?
Do smaller projects.

I ran into that on a Christmas ornament! :-)

--
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doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding.
:-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:17:41 -0800, Seanette Blaylock
wrote:

(Bungadora) had some very interesting things
to say about That part-of-the-way-through slump:

I don't know about anyone else, but I can start a project with great
enthusiasm, and when I'm near finishing it I can churn right along,
but I nearly always hit a part-way-through bogdown. About the only
thing that helps is having a tight deadline and that doesn't always
help very much. Any suggestions?
Do smaller projects.

I ran into that on a Christmas ornament! :-)
Yeah, I did a little impulse-purchase orni that just about had me
loopy by the time I finished it. Ain't this thing *ever* gonna
end???? LOL 'Course, it didn't help that the thing was on 18-count
Aida (yeah, me! mark your calenders!! Darla stitched something on
Aida!), and so tiny that the only option was to stitch in-hand, but it
also gave me something to do while waiting at the clinic for my PT
appointment when I hurt my knee.
Darla
Sacred cows make great hamburgers.
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Just tell youraelf to DO IT ,,,, and if not you aren`t allowed any new
project ,,,,
mirjam

On 28 Dec 2004 16:49:37 GMT, ospam (Bungadora)
wrote:

Seanette Blaylock

I don't know about anyone else, but I can start a project with great
enthusiasm, and when I'm near finishing it I can churn right along,
but I nearly always hit a part-way-through bogdown. About the only
thing that helps is having a tight deadline and that doesn't always
help very much. Any suggestions?
Do smaller projects.
Dora

Or tablecloth edges? Where there is no middle!

Just joking. My problem is near the finish, and haven't come up with
a viable solution yet. I'm anxious to hear others answers as it may
help me too.

Tara