In 2023, I made a very important decision. My passion for weaving, combined with a work-related burnout, led me to work as a professional weaver two days a week. Meanwhile, almost half a year has passed, and 2024 is just around the corner. And of course, there is no better date than January 1st to implement a few changes!
And those changes really need to happen, because I am still looking for a new balance. Until the summer, I carried out my role as a project manager for NETWORKS from home, but since October, I’ve been warmly welcomed into the mathematics department at Eindhoven University of Technology. What I always knew has now been proven: this job and the colleagues are also incredibly important to me. But working in Eindhoven just doesn’t align with how I organized my weaving work during the times of COVID-19 and burnout, where I was solely at home.
The Dailies of the last month
And this leads to a paradoxical conclusion: where weaving has been my anchor during the most challenging times of my burnout, and where I’ve just decided to weave professionally for two days a week, I am going to let go of weaving a bit in order to find a new balance.
So… I say goodbye to the Daily Weaving Practice on Instagram from January. Not because I’ve grown tired of it after three years, but actually because I am feeling better. The outside world is becoming more significant again, and simultaneously, I still need more time to relax to stay healthy. An obligation of posting a Daily doesn’t fit into that.
However, completely abandoning the Daily is not an option. It has brought me too many connections with other weavers from around the world. I receive feedback that my account is so inspiring to others. Likewise, I’m also inspired by posts of other weavers, so I understand what it can mean for someone to follow inspiring Instagram accounts.
So, from January 1st there will be a different model: , the “Weaving Updates 2024.” With regular posts but at random times during the week, because there is no doubt that I will continue to weave. And who knows… it might even become daily again at times. 😉
I wish you all a happy and healthy new year with a lot of inspiration and creativity!
The first daily: 1 January 2021
Daily with the most views: 14 October 2023
The final daily: 31 December 2023
Beste Marieke, wat fijn om te horen dat de burn-out achter je ligt en klaar bent voor een nieuwe uitdaging. Mooi hoor zo loopt het leven. Voor alles is een tijd. Veel geluk in je nieuwe baan en blijven
weven in je vrije tijd. Wat heb je veel onderzocht, ontdekt, gemaakt en doorgegeven. Succes in dit nieuwe jaar! Liefs Christianne