Yesterday, I noticed myself in an unhelpful thought loop. It reminded me of a passage from my book, an exchange between Ev, my main character, and the love interest, Matt.

My unproductive thought was: I want to create another mini food tutorial, but it “has” to have a certain number of projects to warrant making it.

Thing is, I’m dealing with health issues right now, and my energy is incredibly finite.

I fill tiny food orders in the morning, and the afternoon is for romance writing + book marketing. If I don’t stick to my intentionally short to-do list, even wandering off to do a couple of teensy off-list tasks can leave me too wiped to finish the must-do’s.

Point being, embarking on a new tutorial feels challenging.

Until I realized that, in this case, there are no rules besides the ones I create in my mind. Duh.

Who says a tutorial has to be a certain number of projects?

(Me. I said that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

Instead, I’m going to work on projects as I can and perhaps release a shorter-than-usual tutorial. And if I decide to add projects later, I can simply offer them as a bonus upgrade. Easy peasy.

Ooooh, I almost forgot to tell you the topic: Itty Bitty Bodega!!

It’s gonna be a fun one.