My To-Do list is crazy-long. As in pages and pages, single spaced long. I would love to be the person who looks at her To-Do list and does a couple things a day, thereby having the joy of scratching off a few things a day. I am not that person. I am the person who does nothing - nothing at all - for days, then attempts to blast through the whole list in a weekend.
This does not work well.
In the first place, there is the frustration of looking at an ever-growing to-do list. It's always there, even when I tuck it away somewhere out of sight. It hangs over my head, accusing me, every waking moment.
Then there is the frustration of not being able to finish weeks worth of work in just a few hours. I still haven't figured out why that is such a blind spot for me. I mean, why can't I work at SuperHuman Speed for one day if I spend the rest of the week moving at SuperSloth Speed?! Really, why not?
So I'm trying... slowly... to change some long-standing habits. I am trying to do a little bit, every day, then kick it into high gear when I have the time and energy.
Hmmm, I think I have said that before.
Well, changing your life is a process, right? Appreciate the journey, don't focus on the destination and all that good stuff. Take it one day at a time, and do what you can with that day...
What a concept...
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I had my hubby help me do the word verification so I could comment today.... (wish the listen and type thing worked so I could comment more often!)
Anyway...
Yes, you have to take things one step at a time with changes. I'm trying to break some nasty habits of my own. Take it one step at a time, and one day at a time. They say you have to repeat something roughly 21 times before it becomes habit, and that it takes etween 21 and 28 days to form a new habit in your daily life. So, every day you check something off your list and do the things you want to do instead of not doing them... Well, that's another day closer to it becoming habit! :)
Toriz - I so appreciate every time that you make the extra effort to comment here. Thanks so much for the encouragement!
I like what Toriz said. Just keep taking baby steps, you'll get there. I'm trying to make changes, too. I think life stops when we stop trying to improve ourselves.
what I'm thinking is that maybe one of the things that could change, that even should change, is your expectations. Look over that "to do" list and mark some stuff off of it. Glad to "see" you back around!
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