Got the sewing machine off a resale app back before the fall term started, telling myself this was finally the year I’d make something instead of just buying it every time. Barely used, manual still folded up inside the case.
It’s been sitting in the corner since then, pretty much untouched. Two reasons, really. First, my shift starts at 9am most days and by the time I’m home from class there’s nothing left in me for anything beyond dinner and sleep. Second, every weekend I tell myself I’ll finally sit down with the manual, maybe just get as far as threading the bobbin, and somehow laundry or a book always wins instead.
The reading goal is actually holding up fine this year, which honestly surprised me more than anything. The machine, though, just sits there… taking up space, reminding me every time I walk past it that I haven’t even opened the box properly.
Not sure why I’m putting this out here. Just needed to say it somewhere that wasn’t my own head.