Resolutions like that are a recipe for unhappiness: I either resent having to do them or feel guilty about not following through. As a result, I haven\u2019t bothered with New Year\u2019s resolutions for a long, long time. The world is heavy enough already. Why add even more weight by giving myself chores I don\u2019t want to do and feeling guilty when I don\u2019t get them done?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BUT THEN\u2026 I saw a meme<\/a> on Facebook a few days ago that pointed out that resolutions don\u2019t have to be chores! They can be fun instead<\/em>. The examples given were \u201ceat as many new shapes of pasta as you can find,\u201d and \u201ctry a new kind of cheese every month.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The idea that resolutions can be fun goals \u2013 rewards, even! \u2013 rather than icky chores kind of blew my mind.<\/strong> It got me excited about New Year\u2019s resolutions for the first time in years because why not<\/em> give myself something to look forward to and be excited by?<\/span> Why not intentionally plan some bright spots for myself in the year ahead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am seriously considering the pasta and cheese ideas but they also got me thinking: How can I apply the same idea to weaving<\/em> resolutions? What fun tasks can I assign myself for the year that I\u2019ll actually be excited about and look forward to?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some ideas I\u2019ve come up with. They\u2019re geared towards what sounds fun and exciting to me, but maybe they\u2019ll work for you, too, or at least get you started on a list of your own that will make you want to get to the loom and get weaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (You don\u2019t have to weave<\/em> these, just design <\/em>them!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n You\u2019ll notice that very few of the tasks on my list are actually weaving. For me, learning new stuff, acquiring new toys, designing and planning projects, and interacting with other weavers are what get me fired up and excited. I like weaving too, but if I expect myself to weave certain things, that\u2019ll turn weaving into a chore and sap some of the joy out of the experience. It\u2019ll feel like pressure<\/em> rather than an opportunity (or excuse!) to do what I want to do anyway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You may not feel like that about weaving; the point is to keep in mind what will actually get you excited vs. what will feel like a chore to be done, and then avoid the chores! If weaving is what fires you up, you could change the \u201cdesigning projects\u201d list to \u201cweaving projects\u201d instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t plan on attempting all the tasks on the list above, but I might pick a few to work on for 2025, in addition to the cheese and pasta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What about you? What would you <\/em>put on your list of fun and inspiring resolutions that inspire you to get weaving? <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Second Anniversary Celebration<\/a> thread in the Let’s Talk Weaving<\/em><\/a> forum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Why should New Year’s Resolutions be boring and hard to keep? Janet presents creative and exciting ideas for resolutions you’ll actually be excited to make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,27,28,29,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design-process","category-miscellaneous","category-rigid-heddle","category-shaft-loom","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7838"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7846,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7838\/revisions\/7846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Get](\"https:\/\/handweavingacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fabricsofmanystructures.jpg\")
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