(I once thought this was a blog about writing. Really, it’s a blog about the things that get in the way of writing, like procrastination and writers block and things I consider important because they require creativity but ultimately eat up what precious time I have to actually write. Really… it’s a blog about costuming.)

October… ahh. Fall. 🍁 You’re celebrating pumpkin spice lattes, leaves changing color and wearing scarves.

Me? I’m celebrating Halloween. (Not for the spooky stuff cause I’m still legit afraid of the dark. 🙄) I love Halloween for what it really is, an excuse to make costumes!

I put as much emphasis on this as any other thing in my life, a result of my inability to prioritize. My evenings are suuuper productive with things like sewing and gluing and the like.

For me, making a costume is like any big project that I must first break into many small projects.

So instead of my to do list saying…

-Make xxx costume

It says…

-Sew vest for xxx costume

-Find wig for xxx costume

-Pick shoes for xxx costume

-Build chest plate for xxx costume

As you may guess, I get to cross stuff off my list ALL. THE. TIME. That’s what I like to do, cross stuff off my list. I metaphorically body bump myself like… Yeah. 👊🏻 You get sh*t done! You’re so damn productive. I can’t even handle how productive you are right now.

Meanwhile, my large projects are collecting dust on said list, trickling down from day to the next. Submissions? That’ll be a November list item for sure. 

In the meantime, blogging is taking precious time from googling how to sew boot covers. Such breed of domestic I have become.

No spoiler alerts! I know you can’t wait. MUAHAHA!

November 1st blog post forthcoming. 🙂