{"id":648,"date":"2023-03-07T19:13:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T19:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/?p=648"},"modified":"2023-03-07T19:13:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T19:13:09","slug":"march-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/2023\/03\/07\/march-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There has been a delay in the delivery of the fabric that I ordered for a quilt which turns out to be to my advantage.\u00a0 While waiting, I began to organize the production.\u00a0 I labeled each piece in the mural by number and measured the finish size and entered all of this in a spreadsheet.\u00a0 I next calculated the additional fabric needed for the seam allowance to arrive at a cutting size.\u00a0 Then I ordered the pieces in like sizes or batches so that I can cut multiple colors at the same time.\u00a0 I ended up with 18 batches that include 93 pieces.\u00a0 This will allow me to do the cutting, sewing, pressing, cutting again, sewing again and final pressing in stages.\u00a0 Kind of like a one person assembly line.<\/p>\n

I used this strategy when I was making the masks during the pandemic.\u00a0 I have organized my morning routine which involves the same things each day in a manner that minimizes the number of steps and unnecessary actions, and is purposeful.\u00a0\u00a0 In order to regulate my time for meditation rather than relying on the time of day, I ordered my routine to \u201csandwich\u201d meditation between making the bed and showering, two tasks that I do without fail.\u00a0 This way I am sure to practice, and since I have implemented this strategy I haven\u2019t missed and can\u2019t believe I didn\u2019t think of this ages ago.<\/p>\n

While routinized actions may seem boring, inflexible and uninspiring, I find it liberating<\/em>.\u00a0 I know what needs to be done and when to do it.\u00a0 Contrary to what one might be thinking right now, I am not so set in my ways that I can\u2019t adjust as need be by allowing more or less time as the situation requires.\u00a0 I am also aware of the possibility that the routine becomes mindless, like making the coffee but neglecting to turn the coffee pot on.\u00a0 So I am extra attentive to focus on each of the tasks and a goof is a great reminder to remain attentive.\u00a0 There are other strengths that I may exhibit in these examples, such as, productive, practical or proficient<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 I am sticking with efficient<\/strong> for now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There has been a delay in the delivery of the fabric that I ordered for a quilt which turns out to be to my advantage.\u00a0 While waiting, I began to organize the production.\u00a0 I labeled each piece in the mural by number and measured the finish size and entered all of this in a spreadsheet.\u00a0 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-example","7":"tag-articulatingyourstrengths","8":"tag-strengths","9":"anons"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Barb","author_link":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/author\/barb\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"There has been a delay in the delivery of the fabric that I ordered for a quilt which turns out to be to my advantage.\u00a0 While waiting, I began to organize the production.\u00a0 I labeled each piece in the mural by number and measured the finish size and entered all of this in a spreadsheet.\u00a0…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654,"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions\/654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}