They say the first step is admitting you have a problem.<\/p>\n
I like to make lists. \u00a0In particular, I like to list what I’ve accomplished in a day. \u00a0And I don’t want to just make a written list, I want to tell people. \u00a0I don’t because what could be more boring? (Okay, maybe somedays I do with a tweet or to an unlucky close friend, but I really am showing a lot of restraint!)<\/p>\n
Maybe it feels more real if I tell others? \u00a0Maybe I’m shouting my pride out to the world? \u00a0I don’t know, but somehow the thrill of accomplishment is even greater when I can splatter shot the world with proof of it.<\/p>\n
On the flip side, there is something really great about listing all you got done in a day. \u00a0And if you balance that achievement against how you felt at the start of the day (or how inspired you felt during the day), most times I find I come out ahead. \u00a0As in, I’m really freaking proud of what I’ve accomplished.<\/p>\n
I take time to count the little things. \u00a0It’s easy to count the big things, but the little things can matter even more. \u00a0Why? Because they are what you are doing everyday. \u00a0If you wait for the thrill of success from a big thing, you could be waiting for awhile. \u00a0If you count up your little ‘done’ items, you can be proud of yourself everyday.<\/p>\n
Some days just getting out of bed is the biggest accomplishment (that’s where you have to take into account your state of being that you were accomplishing things in, because it can dramatically affect your output and acknowledging that puts a supposed ‘lack’ of accomplishment into its proper perspective).<\/p>\n
Other days the list of things that got done can be huge! \u00a0I love those days. \u00a0They’re usually cleaning days (errand days are pretty good, but errand running can take a lot longer than intended). \u00a0The trick is not to count the overall task as just one thing, but to break it out into its component parts that could have been done separately, on different days even.<\/p>\n
We forget about the little things. \u00a0To count them as part of the larger whole. \u00a0Sometimes to plan for them (remembered everything for the ritual except something that could actually light a fire, oops!). \u00a0It’s so easy to dismiss them as next to nothing.<\/p>\n
But they’re not! \u00a0Those little things make up the big moments. \u00a0Those little things are what life is made of. \u00a0When you tally the little things, you start to see just how full life is. \u00a0Don’t gloss over it by using big labels that ignore all the pieces that make it up.<\/p>\n
Think I’m going to go make a list of all the things I got done today. \u00a0And then I’m going to bask in the glow of how damn good I feel about myself. \u00a0\ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
Life ho!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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