Release Those Things That Weigh You Down

Here I go again... Trying to encourage you to release those things that weigh you down. If you were to drive through my neighborhood right now you'd see a lot of rented bins that people have delivered in the front of their house when throwing out a lot of things. What happened in my town is that a lady got a great idea and mailed out flyers to all of the people who live in our town about having a community garage sale. A few weeks later I counted at least 10 garage sales that I counted while driving through the neighborhood. The following days I saw all of the rented bins around the neighborhood.

This is what I do at least 2 times a year and often more. And this time I'm getting ready to get rid of things I'm attached to. Now I've been really good about doing this before but I think there is more I can part with. So I promised myself that I will get rid of things I haven't looked at in the last 2 years. I know, it's supposed to be 1 year, but baby steps.

The best advice I can give is to:

1. Make a calm environment for yourself to plan the project.
    
2. Get out your planner and start writing on your project planning pages.
    
3. Break it down into baby steps by only planning a little bit of it for each session you plan to work on.
    
4. Once you take that first leap of planning it all out, don't look at the project as a whole again, but rather as small baby steps.

How does a baby learn to walk, one step at a time. Before they know it they're toddling around without thinking about each step individually. That's how it works with projects if you can just make it through the first and hardest part of the planning. Worst case scenario, hire a professional organizer just to get you started and lay the groundwork for you.

In many cases, once you get started on a project you'll know what you can handle. Some days you'll work for 15 minutes and that will be enough. Some days you won't want to stop for hours.

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©2002 Susie Glennan

Susie Glennan has been happily married since 1982, is mom to 3 teenagers,and is a Home Maker, Nurturer, Teacher, Author, Professional Speaker, Toastmaster, President of The Busy Woman, Inc., DBA - The Busy Woman's Daily Planner®. She teaches time management seminars, offers FREE consultations with your order, and will help you set up a schedule that's right for you. 800-848-7715 - www.thebusywoman.com