I'm Sari and I'm Haley and this is Seamwork Radio.

Welcome back to Seamwork Radio where we share practical ideas for building a creative process

so you can sew with more intention and joy. And today we're talking about what to do if you feel

like you can never find the time to sew. I think that's something all of us have experienced from

time to time. So we're going to cover some of the blocks that we commonly encounter when we want to

sew, but we can't. And then six strategies that might help you to remove those blocks. Okay, let's start with our icebreaker

for today. What are some things that have brought you creative joy lately, Haley? Oh, I like this

question. As we're recording this, it's the end of 2022. You guys are all listening to this in February,

but I have a chunk of time ahead of me that I'm going to be able to, You guys are all listening to this in February.

But I have a chunk of time ahead of me that I'm going to be able to like, you know, some time off, be able to do some things, hopefully creative things.

And the regular me, typical Haley brain is like, let's plan it.

Let's schedule it. Let's like get a plan in action. And I'm forcing

myself to not have a plan. I'm like, I'm going to schedule like a couple days for myself to

just like not schedule other things, but and hopefully do something creative. But I'm trying to lean into not having a

plan. And that has me like really kind of extra excited for this time, the stretch of time ahead

of me instead of feeling like, like there's a other to-do list that I'm going to have to

tackle in my time off. It's just a little bit freeing. So maybe I'll do something cool. Maybe I'll

do nothing at all and just think a lot. And that's okay too. But it's a creatively exciting idea.

That's really cool. I'm trying to be very mindful of that

too because I want this break or both the whole company goes on a break for a couple weeks

at the end of the year. And I want this break to be a time to rejuvenate. I think I did a really

good job of that last year. So I'm

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