Priority is Singular! The Joy of Focusing on ONE Creative Goal
Yes, it absolutely is a joy to focus on one, single creative goal because Priority is SINGULAR! This word only became plural in the 20th century when people forgot you can really only have one priority. I’m chatting about this today as I focus on my single goal: publishing a book about my goddess quilts!
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I sincerely apologize for the audio quality of this podcast! I was moving around so much, I bumped my recorder which turned it off so I didn’t capture sound for any of the podcast. Really really really frustrating! And I had a choice to either delete this completely and not have a podcast this week or publish it with bad sound. I decided to publish and I hope it’s not too annoying for you to enjoy.
Focusing on One Priority
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This book is my single priority and until it’s done, everything else is secondary. I love being able to work this way because it means I can work faster and with better focus. Distraction is distracting!
I’ve wanted to write this book for more than five years. A big reason why it didn’t get done for so long is I kept prioritizing other, easier, faster things instead of it. This goddess quilt book was my “one day” project and it was liable to be put off forever if I didn’t change my ways.
So with this goal in mind, I’ve decided to slow down the podcast to every other week. I’ve done this several times before for various reasons over the years. I absolute love this podcast but I know I can’t do my best on the podcast AND the book at the same time.
Again – priority is singular! It’s easy to think I can do it all, but I can’t.
I know for a fact that choosing to do one thing, like sharing a precut quilt pattern, means also choosing NOT to share a more elaborate pattern that actually reflects my unique style. I can’t wait to share more goddess quilt projects and fabric panels in the coming years!
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Let’s go quilt,
Leah Day
More Hello My Quilting Friends Podcast Episodes:
- #113 – Celebrating Ten Years in Business!
- #112 – Back from July Vacation
- #111 – Unpacking from Quilt Fantastic
- #110 – The Game of Perfection
- #109 – A Short Story from Quilst
- #108 – Organize and Decorate Your Sewing Space with Stephanie Socha
- #107 – 7 Reasons Why I DO Want and Need a Longarm
- #106 – Can I Become a 1 Project Person?
- #105 – Time Lapse Quilting with Todd DuBay
- #104 – Painting the Rabbit Hutch and Puttering Around
- #103 – Meet Laura Hendrickson, the National Quilt Museum Registrar!
- #102 – Do You Ever Sleep?
- #101 – Quit Gaming and Start Quilting with Luann Fischer
- #100 – Happy Episode 100!
