Yesterday, my blog friend, Cocoa of Chocolate on my Cranium, wrote an inspired post that called out to me. I was thinking of skipping Tackle It Tuesday until I woke up this morning with her post on my mind.
She spoke about “tackling” the rocks first.
I found this picture and it fit perfectly with what she said and with what was on my mind:
Have you heard the analogy of filling your jar with the big rocks first, then the pebbles, and finally the sand? When we do the big, important things first, there is room for the little things. When we do the little things first, there is hardly ever room left for the big ones. And after reading my Not Me Monday post yesterday (and every Monday) you know that I have a tendency to fill up my day with the little things and then rush around to finish the important things before the day is done (or before the kids come home from school or the husband comes home from work). Sound familiar? Or am I the only one?
Do you ever find yourself tackling the little things, the really unimportant things (maybe the FUN things?) first? I certainly do. So today, I committed to to tackle the things that I knew I needed to do before sitting down at the computer and doing the things that I wanted to do.
I unloaded and loaded the dishes, wiped the kitchen counters, and swept the kitchen floor. I gathered all of the new dirty laundry (why is it that I seem to have MORE of it everyday?!?) and put away the clean laundry that I folded last night. I took a shower and did my make-up before I had to go somewhere. I played with AJ and took a few pictures. I read my scriptures. I sat and talked with CandyMan.
And now I sit at my computer, typing this up. In a minute I will leave for a park and picture date with my friend. And I feel more accomplished than I have at 10:45 in the morning for a long time.
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