Some change is really hard to achieve, isn't it? One of my goals was to have a very neat house.
And somehow, over the years we acquired so many things that it looks more like a warehouse. O.k. so we are pack rats. But that isn't really an excuse, or is it? To achieve change and a neat house we got information on how to go about it. But that is the problem: If it has letters printed on it, we keep it. Just in case it contains the very information we will need at a future time!
Here is the funny part. Our flights were canceled today and our daughter went through our drawers full of "gift items" for those "just in case" needs. And what does she find at the bottom of the drawer - a booklet entitled "20 Minutes to a Clutter-Free House! (Stash it or Trash it!) How appropriate!
I guess I'll have to keep that handy for when we come back from our trip and then follow the steps. That should get me at least somewhere on the path to a neat house.
Easy Change Strategy: When you don't know what to do, get a manual (or ask an expert) then
FOLLOW THE STEPS!.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Easy Change Strategies 14
Past the baker's dozend! Wow. Who would have thought I can make it this far. And then again, I thought this would be a much more regular activity. CHANGE did happen. In part because I acted, and in part because of influences, and isn't that often the case? We start something and have a very clear (or fuzzy?) idea of where we want to go with that and then "things start to happen". And soon your path is no longer "your path" but you seem to be part of another path.
Well, that is what live is all about. We do and the universe does its thing and soon something different altogether is progressing.So how can we make CHANGE easy? Practice! If you've done it once, you can do it twice, just easier! Just jump of the board??
The main problem, however for me and perhaps for you too, is the "hump" - the barrier. The inertia that keeps me from getting going. It isn't really such a big thing and yet it stops me from doing something. And when I finally do it, it's really neat and I like the result and it makes me feel good. But until I do, it is always the "big thing" that I procrastinate to do. One way to "kick myself in the behind" is commitment. I know, easier said than done! Quite literally in this case. So I picked up a method from one of the workshops I attended: When I know I don't like to do something or it seems to be a drag or such, then I commit verbally to others, tell them what it is I will do. It seems that then I have to do it, since I said it. There is of course a strong "beware" here. And that is the broken promise. If you say you want to do something and you don't do it your subconscious is taking note - makes you feel guilty and bad. Here is an insert of a website I saw about ...well have a look ( I don't know them)
My current favorite item to procrastinate about is all my paperwork. It isn't really that much, but somehow I am always slow, even late with getting things done. So I am committing to get my paperwork done asap! What is your "problem"? Let me know and perhaps it can become a subject of my next blog.
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Well, that is what live is all about. We do and the universe does its thing and soon something different altogether is progressing.So how can we make CHANGE easy? Practice! If you've done it once, you can do it twice, just easier! Just jump of the board??
The main problem, however for me and perhaps for you too, is the "hump" - the barrier. The inertia that keeps me from getting going. It isn't really such a big thing and yet it stops me from doing something. And when I finally do it, it's really neat and I like the result and it makes me feel good. But until I do, it is always the "big thing" that I procrastinate to do. One way to "kick myself in the behind" is commitment. I know, easier said than done! Quite literally in this case. So I picked up a method from one of the workshops I attended: When I know I don't like to do something or it seems to be a drag or such, then I commit verbally to others, tell them what it is I will do. It seems that then I have to do it, since I said it. There is of course a strong "beware" here. And that is the broken promise. If you say you want to do something and you don't do it your subconscious is taking note - makes you feel guilty and bad. Here is an insert of a website I saw about ...well have a look ( I don't know them)
My current favorite item to procrastinate about is all my paperwork. It isn't really that much, but somehow I am always slow, even late with getting things done. So I am committing to get my paperwork done asap! What is your "problem"? Let me know and perhaps it can become a subject of my next blog.
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