Hopefully, former procrastinators, you’re finding as much help for yourself in these reviews of Mini Habits by Stephen Guise as we are finding at our house. We’re super encouraged. These work for now and for the long haul. My personal biggies are first, that mini habits are pretty much hassle free. It takes so little…
“I just don’t feel like it.” Ever said that one, former procrastinators? “I’m not motivated to study for the exam.” “I can’t make myself eat raw vegetables.” In his book Mini Habits, Stephen Guise (See “Helping My Brain Say ‘Yes’” March 11, 2019) sheds light on both motivation and willpower. I find his study and…
My mother told me, former procrastinators, “Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.” A child puts more food on her plate than she can possibly eat. I still plan more for my week than I can do. I set ambitious goals I’m not able to reach in the time allotted. My husband and I just…
Do you have grand plans, former procrastinators? Do you want to make a big impact but find you disappoint yourself? Does getting kids off to school leave you drained? Are you too pooped after work to head out for a jog? Are you putting off and feeling guilty? No matter the size of our goals…
Someone told me a fun story, former procrastinators. She knew some parents who realized they often put their kids off by responding “Someday.” Could we go to the beach? Someday we will. Could we get a dog? Maybe someday. Can we have cake for breakfast? Someday when you’re grown. These parents recognized their pattern and…
How’s progress on that long term project, former procrastinators? The one you’ve chosen to complete this month so it no longer hangs over your head and messes with your mental, physical, and emotional space? I’m moving along with my parents’ photo project. Thanks for helping me be accountable. We cannot do everything at once, so…
Happy Valentine’s, former procrastinators! You toured your house looking for any item that represents an unfinished job – or play or rest. We see incomplete tasks we’ve left to languish at 80%. This week we select a long term project to finish because we have the month to focus on it. Some things sit out…
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:6-8
. . . you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
Colossians 3:9-10