As one of those people who often has trouble keeping focus and has to manage myself to the nth degree, I've found that asking myself. "What went well today?" is a good question to ask. What did I do well that I'd like to continue doing.
So often, I get caught up in focusing on what fell apart, what ball I let drop, that I fail to see and appreciate the many things that I accomplished and techniques that actually work for me.
This isn't just one of those fake positive-thinking ideas, it's a real tool that I've found has helped me repeat the success I've experienced. Maybe one week at work I accomplished way more than usual. What did I do differently? Same thing with diet/exercise. Same thing with personal relationships. How did I manage to keep my cool and have a good day with my daughter instead of allowing a potential conflict spiraling into an argument?
My answer in short is: This week, I was really REALLY broke, and I wanted to treat myself to something fun, like a pedicure, but I didn't want to pay for it. What did I do? I did my own little pedicure at home with a kit my daughter had bought me at Christmas, including a heel pumice and then because I don't paint my toenails very well, I had my daughter paint them for in a bright obnoxious but cheerful HOT PINK.
Another thing I did well was resist the temptation to buy books at the bookstore. I am doing really well as ordering my books and even DVDs, such as old movies and such online through my library. So every few days, I have a new burst of books, music, DVDs etc. and they are free. I return them when I'm done and don't have to add to the personal clutter here at home. This week, even though my local library system didn't carry it, I was able to order Alice Starmore's Fair Isle video through the Interlibrary Loan System, and a copy is winging it's way to me from a Denver library. Isn't that nifty?
So today I ask you, as well as myself, "What went well this week for you?" and "Can you start doing it again more purposely as we face a new week?"
4 comments:
Love the new photo!
Even if you have to pay a small fee for the interlibrary loan (sometimes they do charge), it's still cheaper than buying things & as you pointed out...you don't have to store them. (That was actually one rav person's argument for a Kindle- lots of books, no boxes to move).
Using what I have is where I sometimes fall down, I'm trying to get into the habit of just using stuff up and not replacing it, because I learned from my grandmother all about saving it for "good". Time to relearn...eh?
The new photo is cute! Our hair and glasses are very similar.
I don't paint my toenails very well either, but I always do 'em myself. I'm paranoid about catching a black toe fungus.
Librarywise, ours is just so-so. I pay $50 a year for a card in the "rich" county, which is stocked better than the bookstore. So you really get your money's worth.
Actually this is an old photo. I just put it up there because I liked it better and grew bored with the photo I had up there before.
Thanks for wonderful insights - you are so right! Why do we beat ourselves up for things we shouldvecouldve done and dont concentrate on what we did? I realy like this. Dont you feel so pretty with a nice pedicure ;)
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