I’ve just completed two new cushions to match the lounge-room curtains I made nearly a year ago! Hmmm. Why did it take so long to do such a small task? You might well ask. Well, the simple answer is that I put the leftover material in a box in the cupboard and promptly forgot about it. It was literally a case of ‘out of sight, out of mind’. My focus shifted onto other things and the cushions were forgotten.
That’s what often happens with our goals – both big and small. We take our eye off our goal and our dreams, desires and good intentions get lost in the midst of all the everyday stuff that we do. We lose sight of what we want out of life and get diverted by all the urgent things that crop up, and end up ignoring the things that are really important to us.
Once I ‘found’ the material again I had the choice of running up very simple basic cushions that would take about half an hour to make and be quite serviceable. This would have been the quickest and easiest option, but it would have left me feeling dissatisfied.
I reminded myself of what the purpose of those cushions was. If I just wanted something to soften the back of the couch then basic was fine. But what I really wanted was to have a plain border around the edge that matched the one on the floral curtains. This was much more fiddly and involved awkward mitred corners, top stitching, some hand sewing and sticking myself with pins several times - but I’m pleased with the end product and feel it was worth the extra time and effort.
What forgotten goals can you dust off and begin to work on this week?
