Vacation
I am officially on vacation. Yay. Not a very enthusiastic "yay" was it?
For most people, being on vacation means going some where fun and exciting or having fun things to do. Me? I use my vacation days to tackle projects that I normally do not get a chance to do due to my hectic work, yoga and gym schedules.
I have 3 projects I want to accomplish on my days off. I feel like I should have relatively good success in tackling these projects if I
1) Stay on my sleep/wake schedule and do not stay up until all hours of the night and sleep in just because "I can."
2) Limit my Today Show viewing and coffee drinking to 1 hr..maximum.
3) Shower and dress for the day as if I were going to work...which, in essence, I am...just not to the office as normal
4) Put on some kick ass music
5) Focus on THE project of the day and ONLY that project. We (my sisters and I), tend to take detours in our cleaning. You know...the find an object that belongs in another, take it to the other room, then see something in that room that needs cleaning. Only to return to the original room in progress two hours later. (Don't laugh...we're women, we ALL do that! Don't we?)
6) Let go of my procrastinating perfectionistic tendencies and realize that I will not get everything finished in my daily project and that I can let it go and come back to it in the morning. . And that's OK.
7) Applaud myself for what I've accomplished so far and reward myself with something fun and indulgent at some point in my days off.
So you may ask, how's it going so far? Good. The worst and I do mean, The. WORST. room of the house has been tackled. I am no longer afraid to open the door and gaze upon the vision that greets me. Although I did not tackle the closet, everything else appears neat and orderly.
I have far too much stuff in this small house. A blessing in that I live in abundance and a curse in that I live in abundance. I think 90% of us could say the same thing. I look at the news reports of the people in the Philippines or even Haiti after the devastating natural disasters and I think to myself, "I am so lucky."
So, I am going to start making it a personal goal to purge and downsize. It may take me a while and may only do a few objects at a time, but it's time to let go of the stuff.
For most people, being on vacation means going some where fun and exciting or having fun things to do. Me? I use my vacation days to tackle projects that I normally do not get a chance to do due to my hectic work, yoga and gym schedules.
I have 3 projects I want to accomplish on my days off. I feel like I should have relatively good success in tackling these projects if I
1) Stay on my sleep/wake schedule and do not stay up until all hours of the night and sleep in just because "I can."
2) Limit my Today Show viewing and coffee drinking to 1 hr..maximum.
3) Shower and dress for the day as if I were going to work...which, in essence, I am...just not to the office as normal
4) Put on some kick ass music
5) Focus on THE project of the day and ONLY that project. We (my sisters and I), tend to take detours in our cleaning. You know...the find an object that belongs in another, take it to the other room, then see something in that room that needs cleaning. Only to return to the original room in progress two hours later. (Don't laugh...we're women, we ALL do that! Don't we?)
6) Let go of my procrastinating perfectionistic tendencies and realize that I will not get everything finished in my daily project and that I can let it go and come back to it in the morning. . And that's OK.
7) Applaud myself for what I've accomplished so far and reward myself with something fun and indulgent at some point in my days off.
So you may ask, how's it going so far? Good. The worst and I do mean, The. WORST. room of the house has been tackled. I am no longer afraid to open the door and gaze upon the vision that greets me. Although I did not tackle the closet, everything else appears neat and orderly.
I have far too much stuff in this small house. A blessing in that I live in abundance and a curse in that I live in abundance. I think 90% of us could say the same thing. I look at the news reports of the people in the Philippines or even Haiti after the devastating natural disasters and I think to myself, "I am so lucky."
So, I am going to start making it a personal goal to purge and downsize. It may take me a while and may only do a few objects at a time, but it's time to let go of the stuff.
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