30 Days to a Habit - Day 3
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 2:09AM (This is a daily series about trying to start a new habit of actually doing the things on my checklist.)
In only 3 days, my life is already turning around. I'm already caught up with my backlog at work and starting to catch up at home.
At one point today, I even had a feeling of euphoria and relaxation wash over me. Being on top of things and able to slow down feels GOOD. Not only am I able to do stuff as it comes, I'm also able to do it right.
That's a fun exercise, btw - asking yourself, "Now how would I do this right?" Most of all, it leads me to doing the final step and picking up after myself. My desk, car, and house is all cleaner and that leads to a calmer and more soothing environment.
Being calmer and more relaxed led to a funny event. We got a phone call yesterday from a mom at Kai's school asking about a party our kids are supposed to go to. After introducing herself, there was along pause while she was waiting for me to say that I would go get Emily to speak with her. The idea that the dad would actually be ontop of a 4 year old's social calendar is pretty preposterous, after all.
After a long and awkward silence when I didn't immediately volunteer to put Emily on the phone, the mom got brave and asked me if I knew the name of a kid and the time and location of his party on Friday. I popped open google calendar and read the party details off to her like clockwork. I could sense she was surprised that I would know something like that.Being on top of my to do list and calendar sure pays off. I may not be the one who put the event on the calendar (Emily and I share our google calendars with each other), but having the time and taking the time to look it up has already sealed in my memory what my Friday is going to look like, which is even more relaxing! It's like a big reinforcing circle of relaxing love.
Going good so far, more to come tomorrow.
Reader Comments (2)
Great job on tearing down the to-do's at work!
I look forward to reading how you will approach and tackle your home to-do's. For me
this is a hard area esp. compared to work. And given we have a two year old...
Cheers to you!
WHERE IS MY NEW EPISODE?????????? I AM STUCK DRIVING AROUND FOR WORK AND CRASHING EVERY WEEK IN CYCLOCROSS WITHOUT MY ZEN...YES I AM YELLING
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