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Just published: Martha Treat #210
Finishings Along the Way
Does your finish-line sometimes seem like it never gets crossed? Do you set unrealistic expectations of what you can accomplish in a day? Are you marking off the in-between lines of completion towards the final big finish?
If I look at my current projects, they have many little “finishings” long before the final completion.
Sometimes it seems like we are dragging ourselves across even little finish-lines. The dragging in my experience has everything to do with what we expect of ourselves and our unwillingness to acknowledge the little completions. Our focus generally is on the end-result (which is wisely placed) but along the way we may take for granted the many little steps to get there.
And often we are not satisfied until it is all done.
What if your kid had a goal of winning the soccer team playoffs? You would never dream of waiting until they are in the playoffs before going to one of their games. Of course not. You would cheer them on game by game as they move toward their dream.
And what do we tend to do? We can drive ourselves toward a goal focusing more on what we still have left to complete vs. noticing and celebrating the steps along the way.
Marking completion along the way can positively impact our progress to the finish-line.
Remember to cheer the completions as you go!
Martha Invitations
1. For fun, spend a day thanking yourself for every little thing you do throughout the day.
2. Look at your project list and see if it might need to be broken down into sub-projects.
3. Notice if there is part of you that is impatient with your progress and lovingly remind it that all is well, and you are on track.
Martha
virginia@msia.org
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2017
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