We are ALL guilty of this. Each and every one of us can stand up, raise our hand and say "YUP. I've done that."
The question is...for how LONG will we do it?
Do what you ask?
- TOLERATE -
We tolerate different things in our lives at different times in our lives. Some are big, life changing things like tolerating a bad marriage. Others are less significant like tolerating a messy closet. But all of these tolerations - big and small - add up over time. They grow into these unmanageable beasts that we work hard to avoid.
We become Masters of Distractions.
We read books on how to get organized. We read books on how to deal with our crappy marriage. We spend hours talking to counselors and friends and neighbors looking for the right advice.
Here is my advice:
Put down the books. Stop the distractions. DO SOMETHING.
Most things that we tolerate start out as these tiny little things - no big deal right? But we ignore them because there is something sexier to spend time with like a new boyfriend or driving our new car. Then, slowly, when you aren't paying attention it grows. And your dread of it grows too. And before you know it, the very THOUGHT of dealing with it is reducing you to tears. It is drawing up emotions of anger and I bet sometimes, you are even guilty of trying to BLAME toleration on someone else. It isn't YOUR fault that you dread it and it is out of control and that NOW it demands your attention and you won't get to drive your new car...or new boyfriend (*ahem*).
Stop it.
Stop it right now.
You are letting a stack of bills or a messy closet or a bad marriage destroy the moments of your life.
Is that what you REALLY want?
I doubt it.
So, stop planning and thinking and reading and discussing and start DOING something to rid your life of the tolerations in your world.
There is no magic pill. There is not secret trick. It will not go away on it's own.
Make a list. What do you want to change about your life?
Pick ONE thing on the list that you want to change first.
Identify what you need to do to change it.
Assign a timeline for getting it done.
Get busy.
Get it done.
Get rid of your toleration.
Start dealing with it today.
Then pick the next thing on your list.
Go...
The question is...for how LONG will we do it?
Do what you ask?
- TOLERATE -
We tolerate different things in our lives at different times in our lives. Some are big, life changing things like tolerating a bad marriage. Others are less significant like tolerating a messy closet. But all of these tolerations - big and small - add up over time. They grow into these unmanageable beasts that we work hard to avoid.
We become Masters of Distractions.
We read books on how to get organized. We read books on how to deal with our crappy marriage. We spend hours talking to counselors and friends and neighbors looking for the right advice.
Here is my advice:
Put down the books. Stop the distractions. DO SOMETHING.
Most things that we tolerate start out as these tiny little things - no big deal right? But we ignore them because there is something sexier to spend time with like a new boyfriend or driving our new car. Then, slowly, when you aren't paying attention it grows. And your dread of it grows too. And before you know it, the very THOUGHT of dealing with it is reducing you to tears. It is drawing up emotions of anger and I bet sometimes, you are even guilty of trying to BLAME toleration on someone else. It isn't YOUR fault that you dread it and it is out of control and that NOW it demands your attention and you won't get to drive your new car...or new boyfriend (*ahem*).
Stop it.
Stop it right now.
You are letting a stack of bills or a messy closet or a bad marriage destroy the moments of your life.
Is that what you REALLY want?
I doubt it.
So, stop planning and thinking and reading and discussing and start DOING something to rid your life of the tolerations in your world.
There is no magic pill. There is not secret trick. It will not go away on it's own.
Make a list. What do you want to change about your life?
Pick ONE thing on the list that you want to change first.
Identify what you need to do to change it.
Assign a timeline for getting it done.
Get busy.
Get it done.
Get rid of your toleration.
Start dealing with it today.
Then pick the next thing on your list.
Go...
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