My New Three Project Limit

At Zenhabits.net Leo posted his Haiku Productivity principle of working just three simultaneous projects. The principle makes sense to me: three woodworking or shop upgrade projects should be numerous enough to keep me actively moving forward yet few enough to keep me focussed rather than overwhelmed.

I've updated The Drawing Board to allow only three current projects, and I've dubbed them "The Three Graces" because all wood shop projects deserve mythical stature and renaissance charm. Anyone who has paid attention to the project page in the past will notice several projects formerly on my Current Projects list are now in Someday Maybe. These include the inkle loom prototype, woodcuts 2, bed repairs, and dovetailed candle boxes. I'm sure they'll all be taken up soon, but not until one of The Three Graces has been completed.

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and copyright Mak Thorpe, 1999.