going a bit easier on myself

a sort of 'halfway homemade' approach

I’ve been thinking a lot about easing up on myself. You may have noticed me examining this thought like a beach rock in my hand, tumbling it over and seeing all its sides in all the possible ways. It certainly feels like I’ve been processing it for a while, in different ways, and maybe this will just be a forever work-in-progress, to unravel all of the ways I can be too hard on myself.

The truth is, I just want to remove any and all barriers to creative practice, to rest, and in general, to ease. I want to get out of my own way enough to let these things feel within reach. I’ve noticed my tendency, like with basic herbalism type practices (like I shared here), and with researching garments to make or wear (shared here), to overcomplicate things. My instinct is to go “all the way” - if I’m making clothing, I’m first patchworking what scraps I have into yardage so I can sew something, and I’m not working from a pattern, I’m making it up based on my body measurements. There are many othe…