I'm halfway thru my trenta black iced, nothing added, coffee...so my brain is halfway thru waking up. My only hope is, it will wake up completely by the time I finish this blog because Lord knows I have way to much to get done today...I need her at 100%:) She (my brain) appears to be as stubborn as me, go figure! If I tell her to wake up and get going...she's simply refuses to even attempt that task. However, if I let her think it's her idea to get going (giving her trenta black iced coffee seems to do the trick) she is much more motivated to get the job done! Which is why, I try very hard to surround myself with friends who let me "think" it's my idea but they really "know" they are the motivation behind my success:)
I've spent my whole adult life refusing to hold myself to a list! I pride myself on my steal trap memory and having to write things down might mean I can't remember everything. I prefer to believe I'm perfect (keep your opinions to yourself here, loved ones). So writing down things to "remember" to do them later seemed dumb, crazy and honestly "old". However, at lunch with my powerhouse of a motivator, I was told I really needed to, just for a few days, make a list and start working on it. I felt overwhelmed and couldn't find a starting point. Things that should be getting done weren't, things I wanted to do but kept forgetting, things that I thought were complete weren't and it was just adding up and up and up. Knowing I had used up all my excuses, I decided to "FINE, MAKE A STUPID LIST! JUST SO I COULD SAY I DID!" Low and behold...I've had my most productive two weeks yet! What a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I no longer had to use my memory with useless "stuff". Write it down and be done with it! So $25.00 later ($21.00 for a cute book--Big Bob Herself had to make it better than a boring "calendar" book and two highlighters) we are rocking the "to-do" list. Highlighted in yellow means completed...what a great feeling! and green means moved to a later date...I really like seeing yellow but green at least means it's not taking up space in my brain! Ashley, of course, being the "perfect is as perfect does" gal here loved the idea and LOVES, LOVES, LOVES to use GREEN! I think it's her sick way of motivating me! I originally thought of giving us each a different color highlighter so what each of us finished we could take pride in ourselves...but then I realized she does way more than me...and I prefer to pretend I do more! So if it's all in yellow, I can lie to myself and take credit for it all! Go Tara, Go Tara!
The nice thing...I wrote "blog" down five days ago and for five days Ashley has moved it daily in GREEN. Today, I can use yellow and mark it done! My brain has graciously decided to wake up and it's time to grab that yellow highlighter and get moving! Enjoy the beautiful day we've been blessed with and wish me luck on my to-do list!
PS. Ashley is gone until Monday so I can put the dreaded GREEN away!
