You can then add "If You Don't, You'll Find An Excuse!"The trick to life is to train yourself to get good at finding ways and never making excuses. The problem is, there is always a handy excuse. Have you ever found yourself saying "I can't do that!", "There is now way!", "I don't have the time..." or any of another thousand things that mean "No." Well, my advice to you is to stop! Stop making excuses and get your ass in gear!
We all have small goals that never seem to get done. We get mental blocks about them. I have them too. Well, here is a quick way to get through some of these little tasks. Take out 4 note cards and on each card write down five things that you want to accomplish, but that you have put off. It is okay if some of these things are BIG things too. Now that you have that done, take out some more cards! On the first card, mark down things that you can definitely get done in less than a day ( I like to make it done in a few hours, because let's be realistic, no one wants to spend an entire day doing one thing!). On a second card, list things you can do to make one of the larger projects smaller. Make each part small enough so that you can accomplish it in a couple of hours. Congratulations you now have "to do" lists. Each day, take one or two things from each list and do them. By the end of the week, the first list should be empty. The second list should have some of the things accomplished. Rewrite your lists for next week the same way. Some of the things from the second list may now be ready to move up to the first list. Some new things may have been added to each list too. That's okay! You want these lists to help you get things done. You WILL feel a sense of accomplishment as you see your list get whittled down each week. Don't worry if everything doesn't get done. Notice the progress...that is what is important. You are actually making progress towards your goals. Finally, and this is important, don't make excuses. Be happy with what you get done. If something isn't done, break it down into a smaller chore and put it on the list again. Don't say to yourself, "I didn't do this this week because...". If you didn't get to it, it is not a failure, it has just been put into next week's list, but a little higher on the list. Remember, these are things that you want to do. Thinking about it won't get it done. Making excuses won't get it done. Actually taking steps to get it done WILL get it that much closer to being done. I have made my lists. Have you? Let's get things done...together.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Archives
September 2021
Categories
All
|