This past weekend was the first one I haven’t taught a class since the middle of October.

And honestly?

It was really nice.

Not because I am tired of teaching—I love being in the studio with people and watching confidence click into place. But because stepping back for a moment let me actually see what’s happening around me.

The shop has momentum right now. The good kind. The kind you feel when things are moving forward even when you’re not actively pushing every single piece. Customers lingering longer. Classes filling. Conversations happening organically. Ideas stacking on top of each other faster than I can write them down.

There is so much possibility in this space.

Sunday morning drove that feeling home.

I actually slept in. No alarm. No rushing. I wandered through a thrift store, worked in the greenhouse doing some early spring cleaning and prep for the upcoming season, and spent time with the horses.

Not everyone’s idea of relaxing—but it fits me perfectly.

What struck me most was how unfinished everything still was—and how okay that felt. The greenhouse isn’t ready for planting yet. The beds aren’t full. Things are cleared, organized, and set up… but not complete.

And that’s kind of the point.

Spring prep isn’t about doing everything at once. It’s about creating space. Clearing what no longer serves. Making small, intentional moves so growth has somewhere to land when the time is right.

It made me think about how often we wait to start until we can do something perfectly—or all the way. When sometimes the best thing you can do is take one small step: clean a corner, organize a shelf, start one seed, sketch one idea.

I’ve made real progress on projects both inside and outside the shop—things that have been living in the “soon” category finally moving into “done” (or at least clearly in motion). That alone feels like a win.

And yes, I still haven’t found the time to throw pots the way I want to yet.

But I will.

Clay has a way of waiting patiently. It doesn’t disappear just because life gets full—it just sits there until your hands are ready again.

So here’s your gentle nudge this week:

What’s one small thing you could clear, prep, or begin—not to finish, but to make space?

Growth doesn’t always look like doing more. Sometimes it looks like preparing quietly and trusting that what you’ve built will meet you when you’re ready.

That feels like progress too.

Until next week,

Jen💛