At the beginning of November 2010, I decided to spend a few minutes each day adding at least one thing that I was grateful for to my HomeGoddess page on Face Book – you are a “fan” right?
In the beginning, it was easy. I felt I was being authentic and there were a lot of small and large things that I was grateful for happening in my life. ButaAbout halfway through the month, I was not inspired, I was bored and the response from my “fans” was lessening. I almost stopped doing the daily thanks and gratitude practice. Heck, I seriously thought about closing down the HomeGoddess page altogether!
That was until I spoke with a friend who said, “stating that one will do something…. and then following through. all the way until the end…no matter what.is one of the hallmarks of an honest, trustworthy, person.”
I have always thought of myself as an honest, trustworthy person so…
I kept going. Started asking a few more questions, didn’t really care if anyone responded and guess what? The comments started increasing.
I realize that starting a self-imposed task (and finishing it) is something that I have a hard time doing for myself. I mean goodness, how many times have I said that I was going to do something and then was distracted by something more interesting, or in truth, maybe not more interesting but perhaps just EASIER?
I would rationalize this behavior with something like “I am so great at making sure everything gets “done” in my work that it doesn’t really matter in my personal life.” Hey, there are a lot of the moving parts in a real estate transaction, and helping people with their Abundance and Manifestation issues is intense!
However, I also feel that I could be offering more and I could be helping more people if I just could FOCUS!
So, in the interest of self improvement, I am imposing the following on myself:
On the site, I will finish the month of November with something I am grateful for every day. And yes, that is me, logging in every day, writing something. No “scheduling posts” for this gal
My task in my personal life will be to continue the practice for a whole year. Yep, you heard it here first gang. From December 1st 2010 until December 31, 2011 I will keep a list for everything I am grateful and thankful. From time to time, I will report back to you here, but for the most part, I am doing this for myself, to meet my honest, trustworthy self on a daily basis and see what happens.
Please let me know what you think AND if there is something YOU will commit to doing for one year!
Original post: November 28, 2010
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