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Moving on towards Making

Mind calmer?  Check.  (Hopefully this Hobonichi Techo Cousin planner will do the trick, as well as its "upkeep" - constant use and finding purpose in it.)

Ideas percolating?  Check.  I wanna make pajamas for my dog (and other dogs). I wanna finish projects that I have sitting around. I wanna try new crafts. I wanna finish my certification, so I can go out and get more.  I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna... I also visited instructables.com and that blew my mind.  CONTESTS!  With prizes!

Now is the time...to make.

But what should I make?

I have been successful so far this year (yeah, it's only 15 days into the year...but it's been 15 successful days. :-) ), so setting a target to complete, sounds rather reasonable.

There are projects that were left over from last year (wow, that just hit me.  I left projects undone from last year!) that I should complete.  And, if I do finish it, then I could compete in a contest!

Well, that seals the deal.  I am going to finish my 3D Connect 4 set that was set for the laser cutter.  I have several iterative designs done digitally, but I should really cut them out on cardboard to see how it would all work out.

Once that's done, THEN, I'll figure out a way to tweak it so it should stand out for the contest.

Must stop my mind from jumping to step 2 (tweak my game so it would stand out for the contest).  And finish step 1 (test cuts. final design).  Small nibbles. Small nibbles. Small nibbles will allow me to finish eat the entire bear. :-)


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