I had a light bulb moment yesterday. I am sooo easily distracted during the day, partly bc I don't like doing the housework I need to do, but also bc my brain is always working (often fired by podcasts) so I have all these ideas I want to research so I stop doing or put off what needs to be done and ask Duckduckgo for answers. Often I do the search so I don't forget about it then leave the browser window open to come back to. Currently I have nearly 100 windows open! And I still forget to go back to them and just keep adding more. So I decided to start a distraction list where I can write down all the ideas that pop into my head so I can continue with my chores and do my research later. Most of it isn't really that important anyway so if I don't end up going back to it it's no big deal, but hopefully transferring the ideas from my head to paper will allow me to move on. We'll see if it works!
I also thought this morning about my to do list, which I write in a little daily calendar and check off as I complete tasks. Maybe it would motivate me to put a sticker on each day that the list gets totally done. I don't know if this will work but if I can find cheap stickers it's worth a shot! I am sick of feeling guilty over all the things I don't get done and then I beat myself up over it and don't end up doing the things I WANT to do bc I feel like I can't do them till the work is done so some days I end up really accomplishing nothing at all. This is not good self-care!
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"No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch."
"God, please help me to be the person my dog thinks I am."
"You can't run from your problems. But you'll both feel a little lighter when you get back." ~New Balance shoe ad
You don't have to be fast, just keep moving forward.
Note to self: You don't get to complain about things you won't work to change!
Word for 2024: Accomplished; Word for 2023: Grounded; Word for 2022: Consistency; Word for 2021: Mindfulness
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