If I decided I couldn’t do it all, what would I remove from the list? This is a question I am really enjoying exploring. I got the idea from the book Four Thousand Weeks (that being the number of weeks we have if we live to be eighty).
And if I’m honest it’s hard to remove things from my ever-present list. What I’m finding helps me is to keep remembering that I can’t do it all and that I don’t have to.
Last Sunday, we were having a family birthday dinner for my daughter and her husband. They wanted burgers which meant I didn’t have to cook. My son or my brother would take care of the grilling. But I decided I would also pull some chicken in case anyone wanted that as well.
I got the chicken made but when it was time to pull it apart and add some sauce, I found I was too tired. I no longer wanted to finish the job.
So I put the chicken, still in the casserole dish from the oven, right into the fridge. Maybe tomorrow, I thought.
I saved myself the effort and everyone was so stuffed from dinner and cake that I realized my efforts would have been wasted anyways.
Try this ONE thing
What are you doing that isn’t necessary and could be done someday, or not at all? Can you allow yourself to just not do it?
Want to experience coaching? I like to start with a deep, get-to-know-you conversation to see if we are right for each other. Sometimes we talk for one or two hours at no charge. I have no goal except to bring about transformation. Together we work on the lies, the self-deception, and the fears of the power you perceive to be outside yourself. We work on your difficulties in making decisions and your inability thus far to make bold choices in life and to follow through and trust yourself completely to do so.
The irony for some people is that the very thing that they want the coaching for (an indecisive, half-hearted life) is what’s keeping them from deciding whether to get coaching.
When you’re ready, reach out @ karen.laidlaw.theONEthing@outlook.com. Meanwhile, enjoy the blog!
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