The Definition of Frustration

According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, one of the definitions of
frustration is “a deep chronic sense or state of insecurity and
dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems or unfulfilled needs.”

Yep,
I would say that would do it. I’d say this because this morning,
frustration tried to be my new bff. An event at work, eventually
resolved, tried to take ‘frustration’ to new levels when five months of
entries in a program disappeared. In the end, I won and things were
restored to where they should be and eventually the frustration level
lowered. Sometimes, though it does not return to normal immediately
and you are left just hanging there in this sort of limbo state.

Its
those time, I am so thankful for being crafty. Instead of pacing,
fidgeting, or even snacking to try to rid the remaining feelings I can
simply pull out my crochet hook or knitting needles…….

OH! No no not to stab anyone,
though now that you mention…… oh never mind.

No,
to sit and work. It is times like this I pick up a simpler project.
Something repetitive and begin to push myself to work on it. It is in
the repeating of the same stitch or series of stitches over and over
that I find I begin to calm down and focus on more pleasanter thoughts.

Perhaps
its what the finished piece will look like. Who I’m making it for. Or
what I can work on when this is finished. Whatever it may be, the
crafting takes me to my happy place. A place where I can be calmer and
relaxed.

Won’t you join me?

Crafty Witch Mary
(a.k.a. Dragonsinger)