Getting my goals done.

Turning the goals from a to-do list into a plan...what I found last year with the Rigorous Crafting Schedule is that sometimes life just happens. Daughter going back to school did more of a number on my free time than I thought it would...so another "rigorous schedule" is right out. (This is one of many reasons I don't do that much deadline crafting...)

On the other hand, having some principles to work on might be nice. So here's a couple:
1) If I do two afghan blocks a week, it will be done by July.
2) I should finish any present WIPs (other than Tradewinds and the afghan) before starting any more. This is, I think, Hubby's scarf, the Busy Bee sampler (still need to find paillettes!), spinning the tangerine silk, and the Irish crochet pincushion.*
3) Some of the goals can be scheduled. The stash-sorting can be done this Sunday. (Hubby will probably help.) The most convenient time to take a class will be at the Fiber Expo this fall (although I'll be keeping an eye on the Spinning Loft newsletter...). The edging should probably be done before capri-wearing season begins.
4) There needs to be room for projects I want to do, rather than projects I feel I have to do.

I'm thinking of some kind of rotation where I work on a "have to" project for a period of time, then a "want to" project in the same craft...although I don't have any "have to" spinning projects. :) Maybe alternate by months...
January: 2 afghan blocks a week, + Hubby's scarf, + "want to" spinning and cross stitch.
February: 2 afghan blocks a week, + Tradewinds, + "want to" knitting and crochet
March: 2 afghan blocks a week, + capri edging, + "want to" spinning and cross stitch
April: 2 blocks a week, + Tradewinds, + "want to" knitting and crochet
May: 2 blocks a week, + curtains, + "want to" spinning and cross stitch
June: 2 blocks a week, + Tradewinds, + "want to" knitting and crochet
July: finish afghan, + "want to" spinning and cross stitch
August:...re-evaluate goals?

I dunno. Maybe the idea of setting goals is a little silly to begin with...although if I can keep that schedule, I'll have five out of ten goals done by the end of July, if not more. (And if I can take a class on naalbinding, that's two more... :) ) To some extent, it might just be a matter of acknowledging that I'm not the fastest crafter out there to begin with, and that it's not practical for me to let the dishes pile up for a week while I knit a sweater.

* I discovered recently that Hubby has a different definition of "WIP" than I do...and I corrected him. When asked to enumerate my WIPs, I gave those six, and then he asked about "that box of cross-stitch patterns, and all that unspun fiber?" That's not WIPs, I explained; that's stash. It's not a WIP until I actually start working on it. "And the afghan you started 15 years ago and haven't touched in about that long?" A UFO, and maybe not even that, since I've made a baby sweater and a half out of the yarn I'd bought for it and lost the pattern (and the half-finished afghan... :) )