So, what is next? I ask myself as I sit here staring at a blank screen for at least 2 hours. I had many excuses like needing to check the laundry, and talk to my son, talk to my best friend, check in on my mom, check social media on my phone, walk the garden, stare into space a few minutes.
Whew!
What the heck. I said to mom this morning how I listed 10 things I need to do in less than 45 seconds, knowing I must do them but not. My focus needs a shift and my focus needs to be motivation.
My son graduated high school. I forgot how that day made me feel until I was watching my boy go up on the podium to get his photo and grab his certificate. The whole hype of finishing school after 12 years of hard work sort of diminished because of the social distancing and not able to have a ceremony. After it was over, we drove home. What next? The feeling my son had of deflate, that that was it. Small drive through, not even exciting, 2 min walk though. Over in 20.
The emotional thoughts of what next came crashing down.
I know that Covid-19 had a lot to do with this and this was out of our control. it still doesn’t change the way things feel around feeling ripped off.
Made me also realize my own feelings of deflate.
Ok so what’s next then? Like, lets get to the point!
Live Love Laugh
So the Plan.
I honestly needed to find a plan that I could follow. I start one, however, something happens, and I stop and then that is where the falling into the rut happens.
first. Show up every day
Where to start though? Its one thing to talk about what to do, have the awareness, and then be progressive at the same time. I feel it when I fall into that rut I read so much about. I know what I want but do not seem to know what to do to get organized so do nothing and then make excuses why its ok to do nothing.
Then. Decide to write out all the things you really enjoy about your daily life now
- All the moments that help me feel calm and relaxed, focused, and happy.
And Write down all the things you need to do,
For me they are things such as:
- Organize receipts and put time frames on paperwork, bills, emails, etc.
- Housework, cleaning, even the general, vacuum, laundry, bathrooms, windows, organizing bins and cleaning out non essential items from home or finding them a home
- Work on my blog ~ organize photos, update website etc…
And the Projects. What you really want to do eventually, but soon !
For me its, Anything from traveling to Organizing my shed, build cover on deck, get new topsoil for garden, hack back the weeds at the back of the property, etc.… (many more) However, I listed them all.
Then print out a printable 3 month and 6-month calendar
You can basically put your own time frame on it. I use this and then take it week by week, day by day.
Finally start to place all the items in the calendar
start with filling the time with all the first things that you love doing. Making sure you create time for all of them.
I then added the time sensitive items, such as daily work, deadline items and bills, money restricted ideas, cheapest to most expensive for example. Which project makes to most financial sense to start investing in again.
I realized that by placing things in a calendar it holds me accountable plus it is a visual. I added this calendar to my phone as well.
I feel very happy that I started this blog. I am reading and researching and learning. Now I need to make some changes and it is so out of my comfort zone. I do not know how to change things on my website or connect my subscription request to my website properly, stay consistent with content but stay real with what and how that content gets put out.
My plan now moving forward with my blog
It has been 6 months and my focus are growth mindset. How to show up everyday and be consistent with long term goals with so many life obstacles along the way. How to stay in a positive mindset, think before reacting and learn that we are in control of our thoughts. I hope to consistently blog about how my thinking works and that you can learn from relatable stories and get some insight to your own growth.
I have all the generic things that seem to be important to add. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. I still am learning how to use these platforms to keep everyone informed and what the purpose is, how I want to be different yet useful. There really is just a message in what I am trying to build and that is to change the way we think about our lives if we are unhappy with them.
So there you have it, my plan. I think it will work. I feel rejuvenated. I am open to other ideas though, so what do you all do to stay on track and focus on motivation?
In the meantime, stay real, stay positive, cheers
