Journey or Destination

What kind of maker are you? Are you a maker who craves the end project, the finish line or are you a maker who loves the meander, the peace and repetition of the process?  It is definitely acceptable to be somewhere in the middle.  This question was posed to me not too long ago and I thought it was a very interesting one.  I think I'm a middle person.  I love the process, but I definitely enjoy a finished project. I will rip back rows of yarn in a minute if it's not what I think it should be, but I loathe to entirely abandon a project that I've spend hours working on...I enjoy there being some kind of conclusion.  I find peace in the process and satisfaction in the finish.

I'm not sure if that means something about me as a person.  Likely so.  I don't make things fast enough to be too concerned with the end product.  I think my average sweater knitting time is about two years, and that's being generous.  But with that said, I stick with it.  I have probably knit about six sweaters, none of them finished quickly but all of them done.  (Except one, I still have to get that armpit seamed up.) So I guess I allow the process to be whatever it needs to be and enjoy the destination when I get there.  

So, whether you enjoy the process, the product, or fall somewhere in between, I hope there is joy for you.  I really do.  I hope it brings you that much closer to the feeling of happiness.