… stick your project in a bag for about a year until you can bear to look at it again.
Eventually you can drag it out, rip out the seams and the mistakes, and reknit it.
Once you make yourself actually tackle it, it takes surprisingly little time to finish.
Then you can treat yourself to some knitting merchandise.
Perfect for when someone wonders why you’re knitting at the teachers’ meeting. 😉
Ariadne's Legacy 
Ah. Much better! You totally deserve the cool mug. Now if they ever make you stop knitting in meetings they can’t say you didn’t warn them of the possible consequences!