Well. Last week did not go as planned, and this week has not gone as planned either (hence why I'm writing this on Thursday night). But I will try to catch up.
Last week I had big plans to get lots of stuff done. I was going to clean and organize, take pictures for my ebook, work on my novel, and work on my blogs and social media content. But then early in the week we saw a couch that would work perfectly to replace our old couch and allow us to have guests over. The priority of the weekly quickly turned into getting the living room ready for a new couch.
That project consumed me last week, and while it meant shuffling off everything else, I'm not sorry because the end result is going to be getting our living room cleaned and organized so much sooner than we had planned. We moved the old couch out on Tuesday and have been working on getting the living room ready for the new couch.
But this reminds me that I wanted to tell you the story of my week to better explain how quickly things go awry in my life. Sunday night I made plans for the week. Monday my mom called to say she was going to visit on Wednesday so we could finally see Barbie. Tuesday a local doll store I regularly collaborate with asked if I could film on Thursday. Wednesday a family I babysit for asked if I could dog sit Thursday through Sunday. Today (Thursday) while I was filming they said they didn't need it after all (a relief, but still, a significant change of plans). And through all of this there has been a sick horse at the barn that we've been helping with.
Needless to say, not much has gotten done on the living room thus far, but I'm hoping to salvage some of my time this weekend. Next week I'm planning on launching a big content push on my websites, YouTube channel, and Instagram accounts, so I need to get the organization stuff squared away as much as possible in the next three days.
I'll do a quick rundown of last week (before it gets totally out of my head) and what I want to accomplish with the scant remainder of this week, just to keep myself on track.
Doll stringing ebook: I didn't get to this last week and I know at this point that I won't be getting to it this week either. It's not a big part of my content push next week so I will probably put this off for a couple weeks.
Ruby Ransome: Same thing: hasn't happened yet. I will be deferring this a couple of weeks as well, as I expect my content push next week to take up most of my time.
Blogging and website maintenance: I worked a little on planning out my content push last week, but then all those plans went south when this week's plans went awry, as described above. I haven't had much time to work on said content this week, but I'm planning on devoting most of next week to it.
Other projects: The scope of this project has changed a little, since I'm now focusing on the living room instead of the kitchen and other more frequented doll spaces, but it all eventually leads to the same goal so that's okay. With the remainder of this week (and weekend), I'm planning to finish organizing the living room, get the new couch set up, and finish organizing in the kitchen too. Once both of these rooms are done, the bulk of my doll spaces will be finished, particularly the spaces I need to use the most for photography, content creation, and repairs.
On the horizon: This week, this category seems to be pertinent as well. I've been asked to create a display at the doll museum's show in early September, so I need to plan my display and get several things (such as ordering my new business cards) in order before then.
While the surprise living room shake-up totally derailed several weeks' worth of plans, I'm not sorry. It's been a powerful incentive to get certain things done. I just hope that I can stay on track now!
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