This post may touch on ideas from a recent post, but I wanted to maybe explore it further. I find that sometimes I know I have to get something done or I have an extra long work day in front of me and it just seems unbearable. Maybe it is the nature of the project or simply the amount of time that it will take, but some things just look too daunting. I had a recent work experience where I knew I would be putting in at least 10 hours of hard manual labor after already doing this all week.
Normally, it is situations like these when I just get my mind stuck on how hard it will be or how long it will be and it makes the situation very unpleasant. However, I tried to put to practice some of the ideas we have been talking about in these posts. Remember: you can always choose your attitude in every situation! I decided to just take the day one step at a time. (Rome wasn't built in a day you know...) From the moment I got up I just thought about what I had to do next: whether that was taking a shower, eating breakfast, shoveling concrete or moving mass amounts of lumber.
I did not let my mind get ahead of itself and by the end of the day I realized that by only focusing on the task at hand, the day went by much quicker and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. I have learned that many things in life are almost all mental. It's all about how you look at the situation and I have found that by keeping a positive attitude and not getting bogged down, life is SO much easier!
Does anyone else have a similar experience to share?
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What a great idea! I'm sure it took some discipline to stay with it all day, but what a difference it made.
ReplyDeleteYes, sometimes it pays to be "short-sighted"! Breaking it down seems to always pay dividends in making a molehill out of mountain. Sometimes if I'm stuck on getting started on a big or daunting project I will break it down into small steps and write them down. Then I don't focus on the end result, just the next step or thing I have to do. Before you know it, you've accomplished the end result and it wasn't as back breaking as you thought.
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