Inertia
One of my biggest pitfalls is a pesky little physics term called inertia. I am happy as a clam continuing to move along in a state of uniformity. Truly the hardest part of anything for me is simply getting started - well that and being riddled with indecision. This has been a worry of mine for some time; I’m not sure if worry is the right term…more like an evil that I know is inside me. Whew…that is a little too intense but hopefully, it got the sentiment across. When I think about our château life and the Passion vs Purpose entry, the realization that the work is what will be the driving force behind this life makes me shudder. What if I don’t have the discipline to be a chatelaine? What if the learning curve is too steep? What if we fail miserably and our home is in a worse state than when we took it on?
I wrote in one of my many notebooks back on June 3, 2021, about how I wanted to think of things in my everyday life that I could do here and now to prepare for our château life. I want to work on the skills that will help me build the muscles to overcome inertia. I want to begin to do the work here so that when we MUST do it in France, that muscle is ready and aching to be put to work.
One of my favorite hobbies that I plan to be a huge source of creativity as well as be helpful in France is my love of upholstery and restoration. I am by no means an expert; novice is a title I wear very proudly, but I have the drive to learn. I find that I am not as scared about simply trying new techniques when it comes to upholstery - perhaps the ability to undo basically everything in upholstery is why the decisions aren’t so daunting. And really, everything I do in upholstery gets undone at least once. Again, I’m simply a novice. My newest exploration is cane webbing. I’m starting easy and will replace the seats in a couple of factory chairs. Then I will move onto a set of chairs I have been stripping for some time now and will replace the fabric with cane. This will be a big learning curve but I am so excited for it (if only these chairs weren’t the most difficult chairs to strip). I’m so excited to share more of what I’m doing today to help prepare for this reverie. That sentence doesn’t make a lot of sense…preparing for a daydream - but that is exactly what I am doing.
