Goals Check-In: Week 2 of 9 (Spring)

Good morning world.

Oh, Dumb Senator Time, you have taken away my morning light. Pfft on you.

Edward has left the building -- well, the apartment. He's on his way down to Ms M's for more morning noms.I picked the sack of potatoes up to give him a hug before he left. Then, i picked up Greycie Lou: what a feather! She has not entirely taken to being hugged yet. Edward's like a well trained little boy who lets you hug him.

Romeow didn't get his name for nothing. He hugs back. What a sweetheart of a cat!

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I did not leave comments with all the posts yesterday where i felt the heaviness of life.

In a locked post, joedecker shares the advice he's given and feels important to follow:

When it's all overwhelming and just too much, you get through it by just doing the one thing that most needs doing now. (And then, repeat as necessary.) Avoid getting ahead of yourself.

I was thinking a great deal about this advice over the weekend as i struggle with very low motivation. Sometimes it is still hard to find that one most needed thing. Sometimes it may very well be taking care of yourself by resting, by immersing ones self in beauty or nature. Sometimes it's important to move on to another thing, even if the first thing isn't quite done.

Should i elaborate on that last sentence? For perfectionists, for people who need completion as a reward, for people who have been swamped by the coaching culture, it's not clear to me everything benefits from getting finished (particularly finished right now). This is, i think, part of my overwhelm, too, that declaring done, finished is hard -- even when i've broken things into smaller pieces! Ok, i am a perfectionist. (This may be the first time i've admitted that without caveat. Hmmm.)

Well, on that note, this seasons goals, after the cut. ( Read more... )

Ah! What a surprise! I feel like a dunce -- have i never really thought before of making this time of reviewing the goals a moment of setting small steps for the week???