In yesterday’s post, I briefly mentioned how disillusioned I
was when starting my project pan. I was WAYYYYY off track and over ambitious
with the products that I chose, but I’m way too stubborn to just give up. So
after 4 months of project pan, I am modifying the rules a bit.
I am allowing myself
to purchase makeup after I finish any 10 products or if I haven’t reached my
goal by October 16th (my birthday), I am allowed birthday splurges.
Yep, I said it. I am determined to finish and even if I don’t
finish before my b-day, I plan to continue my project pan. While I do plan on
purchasing for my birthday, if my project pan items are not finished, I will
not be opening any new products. I am freakishly scared about makeup expiration dates,
so I don’t want to open anything new until I can commit the time to thoroughly enjoy
it.
Now on to the mistakes I’ve made when undertaking my Project
Pan:
#1 Not giving myself a timeframe. Shoot,
if I would’ve given myself a 2-month timeframe I probably would’ve been more
serious in this undertaking and would’ve have gotten bored with my makeup
(hence the lack of blog posts).
#2 Not picking items that were close to being
finished. My bad. I should have chosen products that were on the brink of
being finished that way I could have a sense of accomplishment, especially when
I started with the Kat Von D powder foundation, it was practically brand new. I
am all about the small wins.
#3 Not giving myself any wiggle room. In
retrospect, I should have picked more than 10 items so that if one product was
taking too long, I could still finish at least 10 things. Adding a few ‘extra’
products would’ve also given me some variation and change to stop the boredom
of a constant project pan.
Are you currently on a project pan or focusing on using some
of your products up? Any advice on how I can improve my next P10P?
