Though I’ve never actually been diagnosed, I’m convinced that I have adult ADD. All the symptoms are there: short attention span, inability to focus or to complete tasks. I tend to have about 50 million things running around in my head at one particular moment. Sure, it could be the copious amounts of coffee that I consume before noon, but whatever. That being said, it’s always been difficult for me to keep, or hell, even start a hobby. I mean, there are so many things that I want to do: learn to paint, read a book, write a book, take Spanish lessons, do yoga—the list goes on and on.

Well, one of my New Year’s resolutions was to pick one task and focus only on that task. Forget everything else on my long, never-ending list and just focus on one thing and one thing only. So, a few weeks back, I broke down and bought a new sewing machine and signed up for sewing lessons. And let me just say that it’s been incredible. For the first time in my life, I’m not discouraged by my inexperience. In fact, it’s what drives me to keep making the same pair of pants over and over again (and now everyone in my family has the same pair of pajama pants).

Now that I’ve mastered basic elastic pants (don’t be jealous), I’ve decided to move on to another pattern (gulp!). I found a really great book that has a collection of fun dress and skirt patterns that seem fairly simple.

My goal this year is to find my clothes through consignment or make them, and this book looks like a great start.

So my first project? The Modern Circle Skirt. And if it turns out, I plan on making about five of them to wear all summer. I’ll keep you posted.

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