Isn’t it interesting how you just “happen” to run across something whether it be an article or a TV program, that just hits home….that was “meant” for you? Well, that happened last night.
Let me share…I know that I need to slow down and re-balance and re-vamp my life and get it into control and how about make a list of things that are nagging at me to get done. But I am running too fast to pay attention. My brain is going a million miles an hour and I just can’t think. Also, my “studio” is a mess. And I know deep inside that I get “stuck” when my studio isn’t clean.
So I came across a blog post last night from It’s Not About Your Stuff by Jessica Duquette. She said, “As you know, life doesn’t really just go away because you don’t pay attention to it. In fact, it usually just screams louder to get your attention.” She also paraphrased from M. Scott Peck’s classic The Road Less Travelled
Hmmmm…the pain of weighing more than I want versus the pain of eating right and exercising. So if I choose door #2, in a few weeks time, the pain of eating right and exercising goes away and helps the pain of weighing more than I want. If I choose door #1, I continue on with the pain of weighing too much. Hmmmmm.
And I liked this comment from one of her readers, “There are so many distractions in our lives that make it easy for us to get lost in and not address what we really want to do or change.
“I think we do this because we are afraid of failure. What if what we really want to do doesn’t work? Dale Carnegie had the best advice to address this question. He said ask yourself “What’s the worst thing that can happen if this doesn’t work the way I think it should?” Then list all of the horrible thoughts that are worrying you and keeping you from moving forward. Then, look at the list and choose the worst one. List the consequences associated with that one “red flag.” After reading it a few times, if you can truly believe and say “I can live with that outcome if it happens,” you’re ready to go for it! Once you accept the worst, what else is there to stop you?
“I’ve been using this technique and it works. Usually the worst thing I can dream up doesn’t even happen.
“A great book to read is How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie.”
It’s like – I know all this stuff, but I have been ignoring it and my “guardian angel” finally has to shove it right in my face so I’ll look at it.
So this morning, I sent my husband off to the gym without me, so I could spend a few minutes digesting these thoughts and take time to re-evaluate my life and get it on track again.
So, first thing on my list today, after doing my FlyLady routines, of course, is to clean up my studio! I’m making a running list of projects that need to get finished, and things that are weighing on my mind so I can free up my mind and then choose one at a time to complete.
And then tomorrow, I’m off to the gym WITH my husband (as I recite to myself – “The pain of change is less than the pain of no-change!)
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Since you were kind enough to read all the way through this post, I wanted to show you a fun project I worked on yesterday. A little mini album made from a CD holder I bought at WalMart for 97 cents! Too cute!
Credits: Shabby Princess’ Free In the Groove Piece-a-Cake Mini Album, tag and bookplate by Iron Orchid Designs Essentials Kit at ScrapArtist.com
