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Just published: Martha Treat November 2025
Listening for the Order of Completion
As a person who thrives on completing action efficiently, I am enjoying a new approach with my next action lists that keeps things moving forward, yet in its own aligned timing— free of my mental interference.
It’s easy to look at the next action list and decide what we think needs to happen next. An alternative is asking and listening inside for what is truly aligned in that moment vs letting the mind decide. That intuitive level is what I refer to as deeply listening.
I have been relaxing the habit structure and deepening into listening to where my attention is needed vs my mind orchestrating. I am seeing how my mental mind can get in the way of a higher action.
The good news is the actions are still getting done— just in a more creative order— when I relax into the inner knowing we all have. Slowing down and consciously listening instead of charging ahead, is actually the first—and often the wisest step to take.
A good friend share with me, “Slow is smooth and smooth is fast”. So true in my experience.
Allowing ourselves to deeply listen to where our energy, awareness and attention is meant to be each moment can be a big surrender. And it can create a new sense of joy, fun, creativity and spontaneity.
For example: Writing this treat was on my calendar for tomorrow. But Last night, just as I was closing my computer, I opened one email with my dictated ideas for it. [I Love that the Voice Memos app on iPhone now translates voice into text.] The words began to flow, almost writing themselves. Clearly the time was now—and I gratefully cooperated.
We all have the choice to approach our actions lists differently by starting with the step before the next action by asking inside, “What is the most aligned right now?”
For me joy arises when I simply find myself doing -unplanned, without my mind insisting it knows best. Like this Treat— it just began.
Adding a deeply listening step ahead of choosing the next action step on the list is a powerful tool in aligning us with the true next step. For me, loosening the reigns and trusting that inner knowing quite honestly is liberating.
Simply listening for the order of completion is a trust walk.
Take this walk with yourself— into a different way of doing.
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Just published: Martha Treat November 2025
Listening for the Order of Completion
As a person who thrives on completing action efficiently, I am enjoying a new approach with my next action lists that keeps things moving forward, yet in its own aligned timing— free of my mental interference.
It’s easy to look at the next action list and decide what we think needs to happen next. An alternative is asking and listening inside for what is truly aligned in that moment vs letting the mind decide. That intuitive level is what I refer to as deeply listening.
I have been relaxing the habit structure and deepening into listening to where my attention is needed vs my mind orchestrating. I am seeing how my mental mind can get in the way of a higher action.
The good news is the actions are still getting done— just in a more creative order— when I relax into the inner knowing we all have. Slowing down and consciously listening instead of charging ahead, is actually the first—and often the wisest step to take.
A good friend share with me, “Slow is smooth and smooth is fast”. So true in my experience.
Allowing ourselves to deeply listen to where our energy, awareness and attention is meant to be each moment can be a big surrender. And it can create a new sense of joy, fun, creativity and spontaneity.
For example: Writing this treat was on my calendar for tomorrow. But Last night, just as I was closing my computer, I opened one email with my dictated ideas for it. [I Love that the Voice Memos app on iPhone now translates voice into text.] The words began to flow, almost writing themselves. Clearly the time was now—and I gratefully cooperated.
We all have the choice to approach our actions lists differently by starting with the step before the next action by asking inside, “What is the most aligned right now?”
For me joy arises when I simply find myself doing -unplanned, without my mind insisting it knows best. Like this Treat— it just began.
Adding a deeply listening step ahead of choosing the next action step on the list is a powerful tool in aligning us with the true next step. For me, loosening the reigns and trusting that inner knowing quite honestly is liberating.
Simply listening for the order of completion is a trust walk.
Take this walk with yourself— into a different way of doing.
Martha Invitations
- Experiment with changing how you choose what action to take next.
- Take the pressure off “doing” and allow deep listening to lead the way.
- Make doing fun by inviting spontaneity, creativity and ease with how you choose.
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2022
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Treat #257 Completing in our Being
Treat #256 Relaxing and Receiving Treat #255 Are you in the 2-Minute Continuous flow? Treat #254 Gratitude Always the Next Action Treat #253 The Hopeful Maybes Treat #252 The Trail Left Behind Treat #251 Freedom in Awareness Treat #250 A Sea of Choices Treat #249 Available to Attention Treat #248 Allowing Room for the Unrehearsed Treat #247 Relaxing into Softly, Slowly, Gently Treat #246 Listening and Moving Spontaneously with our Creative Spirit |
Treat #245 Beyond Reaction into Forward Moving Action
Treat #244 A Blank Slate Treat #243 Relaxing the Push Flowing with Everyone's Perfect Timing Treat #242 Arbitrary Cutoffs Treat #241 Incomplete. Not done. Unfinished Treat #240 On Purpose Doing Treat #239 Watching Awake Treat #238 The Joy of Doing Treat #237 Completing Up to the Moment Treat #236 Fully Receiving Through Completing Treat #235 Time for a Radical Step? Treat #234 Being on the Empathy Track |
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2021
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2020
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Treat #233 Letting Go into Freedom
Treat #232 A Lighter Touch Treat #231 How are you Effort-ing? Treat #230 Experience Is The Freedom Treat #229 Things Are Rarely as They Appear Treat #228 The Impossible To-Do List Treat #227 Doing from Listening Treat #226 The Act of Looking Treat #225 Listening to this Moment's Action Treat #224 The Last Piece Treat #223 Acknowledging with Gratitude Treat #222 Up to Date |
Treat #221 Choosing to Cooperate with What Is
Treat #220 It Takes as Long as it Takes Treat #219 Availability to Perfect Timing Treat #218 Engaging Yourself into Action Treat #217 Go for the Truth in You Treat #216 Switching Gears Freedom Treat #215 Seeing What We are Looking At Treat #214 Clarity of Focus Treat #213 Appreciating/Acknowledging Begins Within Treat #212 How can I Assist - The True Next Action Treat #211 Use It or Lose It Treat #210 Finishings Along the Way |
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2019
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2018
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Treat #209 A New Beginning
Treat #208 All Designed For Us Treat #207 Reverence and Joy for Doing Treat #206 Choosing vs Auto Pilot Treat #205 Defaulting to the One-Track Focus Treat #204 Elegant and On Purpose Treat #203 The Fullness in Minimal Treat #202 The Real Culprit of Focus Drain Treat #201 Resting in Action Treat #200 Loving the Empty Spaces Treat #199 Putting Together All The Pieces Treat #198 Are you at the Top of your To Do List? |
Treat #197 The Tiny Finishings
Treat #196 Emergency,Crisis,Fire Treat #195 Mastership Treat #194 It Works Every Time Treat #193 Let the Stuffing Be Gone Treat #192 Whole Focus Treat #191 The One Thing Not to Complete Treat #190 Just Keep It Flowing Treat #189 In Between Time Treat #188 What is Stealing Your Energy? Treat #187 To Skim or Not to Skim Treat #186 I Love January |
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2017
Treat #185 Both Hands Please
Treat #184 I'll Remember Treat #183 Creating New Doing Paths Treat #182 A Habit Worth Quitting Treat #181 Eclipse of Action Treat #180 Forgive Me for Multitasking Treat #179 What are You Looking At? Treat #178 Are you Squishing Snails? Treat #177 Relaxing the Grip Treat #176 All the Time in the World Treat #175 When is Enough . . . Enough Treat #174 Engaging Yourself to Completion |
2016
Treat #173 A Kink in the Works
Treat #172 What's Stopping You? Treat #171 All of Ours to Do Treat #170 Attitude Adjustment Treat #169 IN Consciousness Treat #168 Completing Past our Reactions Treat #167 Keep Your Dog Leash Treat #166 The Essential Piece Treat #165 Day is Done Treat #164 Do-Nothing Time Treat #163 Curbside Calm Treat #162 Pile-Up |