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The “Doing One Thing” Follow Up
Okay. So yesterday I said that today (yesterday’s tomorrow), I would simplify my life by only doing one thing. I would just do the thing that was bothering me the most. I would do the floors.
IT’S NOT A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT, I KNOW.
Woopteedoo. There are single mothers out there with three children, four jobs, and ex-husbands actively trying to kill them who do more before their kids are even out of bed, than you did all day today.
But that’s not the point. Dial it down, would you please?
We are all different. We are dealing with different challenges.
My challenge is to learn self-discipline (to say what I mean and mean what I say, especially when I’m talking to myself), and self-compassion (letting myself enjoy having taken a step in the right direction.)
Self discipline. And self-compassion.
It’s okay to follow through with my small commitment, even if I did it at the very end of the day. And it’s okay to feel good about it.
Can we learn these tiny, baby steps of being nice to ourselves?
This is what I aspire to. Every day.
