When I posted about the Battle of the Bulge, I promised you a battle against lazy. The first skirmishes have started and the good guys are a little slow out of the blocks.
I'm sad to report that I'm having a lot of trouble getting started. I could make up all kinds of excuses about being busy, not being home much, and prepping for a birthday party for our son. And that has had some bearing on how much has gotten done and what has gotten done. I just can't help but feel that I'm putting everything off.
In the interest of my self-esteem, I'm going to tell you about my minor victories. First off, I've kinda sorta kept up with my daily assigned chores. I've cleaned up my fraction of the closet and my dresser drawers. I got some shoe polish and tried salvaging a pair of shoes that had some nasty scratches on them. A few more coats and they may look pretty good. I've still been exercising and I finally started something new to help work my core muscles. Unfortunately, I need to go out and get some core muscles before I can actually work them.
The one thing that's most important to me is the fact that I've been putting things away when I'm done with them. Filing papers right away, replacing tools when I'm done with them, that sort of thing. I'm terrible at that and I look at that as a purely psychological thing. If I can keep doing the easy things that I have always put off doing, I'll feel like I'm getting somewhere.
My original point to all this was to give you an idea of where I am and ask for ideas on how to keep myself going. However, in the spirit of the blog, I came up with an idea of my own. Every week, I'm going to give you all a report card on what I accomplished. Exercises, chores, long term projects or just stuff that needed to be done. Along with that will be writing a blog post every week. Ha! We'll shoot for the weekend for that post and see how that works. The day may change if I just can't find the time on Saturdays or Sundays.
It really is all about trying new things without being afraid to fail.
PS - my first rant is coming soon if I can ever get my thoughts straightened out.
I agree with you that it's really all about trying new things and not being afraid to fail. Sometimes, that's easier said than done, though. If you're interested, John C. Maxwell (leadership guru) wrote a book called "Failing Forward"...good stuff! It helped me in that regard.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the weekly report cards and the rant!