Too Many Projects?
by Alyssa Avant on March 11, 2009
in Just Me
Welcome back!
Can you have too many projects? It is something I should probably think about have thought about BEFORE I started what has become my many projects these days. I thrive on “projects” ask my friends and family who would say, “you wouldn’t be Alyssa without a project”. Projects truly do keep me going. Every morning I pray for my projects and I pray for God’s guidance so that I can focus on what he would have me to focus on, and that he’d help me to prioritize. It works.
So, are you curious about what the many projects I currently have going on are? Well, here’s a run down. My current projects include:
FaithLeaps.com - Developing the materials for the membership site which will officially launch on Thursday of this week. Find details about that over at my ministry blog.
Vacation Bible School - I am the director of the VBS at my church this year. I know summer is months away but I like to get started early, back when this was part of my job as Youth & Children’s director I always started in January. So far I have chosen a curriculum, met w/ my co-director and made a list of possible workers, I’ve also confirmed positions with a few workers already. VBS is set for June 15-19.
Taking Seminary classes online. – This is another project, and will be ongoing for the rest of this year. This is the hardest thing for me to make time for because it requires me to focus and not get interrupted which is difficult w/ three small children.
Planning my 10 Year HS Reunion. – This is my newest project and one I am excited about. 10 years has flown by, I loved HS, I had great friendships and I am ready to “reconnect” with those I haven’t seen in a long time. Even just catching up via Facebook and a couple phone calls has been fun! The reunion is set for Sat. June 27.
In addition to these “projects” I have 5 clients that I write for weekly. I have a good schedule worked out for them though so I get all “client work” done Monday – Wednesday.
What about you are you a “project” person? Do you think you can have too many projects? I’d love to know your thoughts.
Projects? Ha ha! I’m still trying to decide if i have some sort of disorder or not. I hate NOT doing things. I don’t know why. I know how to relax, believe me. And when I go down, I go down for a little while and only do the basics stuff I NEED to do for daily life. But otherwise, people are always saying, “I don’t know how you do it but you do!” I have one person who keeps saying, “I have to sit with you and watch you. I can’t figure out how you’re able to juggle so much.” Eh. Probably not as successfully as people think. And I get tired. Still, I need variety in my life. Hate to do too much of the same thing because I bore a little easily, I suppose. The challenge, though, is not so much taking on the projects, but completing them and this year I have focused more on completing some stuff rather than taking on more. I am a wife and mom too. I have a business. I have a full-time job. I have two books I am working on, hoping to get an agent for one while I continue editing the other. My children’s lives are getting a little busier but they are still young so what they do, I do and so they are projects too. But you know what? I am using the gifts God gave me. I am fulfilled in all of it and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Projects – oh yes I love working on projects! My only problem is not seeing them through or starting a new one before I have finished others.
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Oh yes, I have so many projects! Projects I’m working on, projects I want to start, and those I must complete! The pile gets bigger and bigger!!
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Alyssa,
I’m glad to find someone else who loves projects as much as I do! I tell people I no longer have a full plate–it’s now a platter! (: We were at Blissdom together but didn’t get to officially meet so I thought I’d stop by your blog and say hello!
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