getting to friday this week was painful. this week was so busy. why is it so difficult the week before winter or spring break? every which way i turned someone needed something. it's not that i minded any one of the requests...there were just too many. it seems that on some level people have relinquished decision making abilities, although they have decided to make life complicated, and are choosing not to be happy about much of anything.
i do not have many mottos that i live by, but the 3 i do have make my life easier:
1. the fewer cooks the better - keep decision makers to a small and manageable number or you end up disagreeing or compromising and not much gets done.
2. the quickest distance between 2 points is a straight line - we've all got a lot going on, figure out how to accomplish the task quickly and thoroughly. why would anyone want to make doing something more complicated?
3. enjoy what you're doing - even the mundane becomes more fun when you truly enjoy the process and project.
it's a few days until christmas, zach is away until 2 days after, i'm technically not working, and i'm not sure how much i'm going to write either. part of me needs a break from everything i do regularly and the other part of me wants to keep this going. so i'm choosing #3 and will take each day as it comes.
wwcd: i've decided not to decide and just enjoy what i'm doing
Mottos are like mysteries, they can reveal all manner of personal idiosyncracies. My paternal grandmother used to say "first things first, and one thing at a time." When in a stew I remember this, but even as a child I realized right away that finding clarity about "the first thing" was, in fact, the first thing first.
ReplyDeleteRelish your moments, Casper, and do with them what you do. Does that fit the season?