Laying it out on the Table



“One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a ‘TO DO’ list every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day” Jean de la fontaine

Week 39

If you read my blog last week then you might remember I'm having a problem and I'm trying to get 'unstuck' and back on track.  The question I've been pondering this week is, how do I fix it? 

I smile as I remember what my Dad often swore by when it came to fixing something,  "Use duct tape, it'll fix anything," he would say.  And I must admit that I do always keep a role of duct tape handy, just in case.  But somehow I don't think that his duct tape will take care of this particular issue. So that brings me to another family member and her advise.  "Make a list", my sister keeps telling me..."when in doubt, make a list". Hmmmm... maybe that's what I need to do...lay things out on the table so I can see them more clearly.  

With that idea in mind, I decided to create a table with a check list of the small steps I have written about (with empty lines to write in more goals as I go) and I broke it down into the next 12 weeks.  Each day as I write in my journal, I can make a single mark next to the steps I took the day before, and that gives me a daily reminder of what I have chosen to be working on.  Then at the end of the week, I can see which goals I was successful with and which ones I need to step it up on, or perhaps which goals I’m just going to toss out. 

Here is what my table is shaping up to look like. 

GOAL – Week

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

48 oz. Water

Vitamin pill

Walk more

Move more

No gum

No chips-1 per wk.)

No soda (1PW)

Live in present/Jrnl

Lemon per day

Soynuts/almonds

Fruits/ Vegies

Top 20 foods -

New recipe

Cranberry Juice

List Blessings

Read the Bible

More MPG gas

Keep Car Clean

Read history bk

Make a list

Sunshine

Out/ comfrt zone

Devotion

Word Search

Help someone

So, now that I have laid it all out on the table, I can be honest with myself each day and use this list as a guide to action. 

Sis, I think you're right, and thanks for your great advise..."When in doubt, make a list." 

Oh yeah and one more thing; if you don't have a roll of duct tape, you might just consider buying one.

Small step:  Create a table to list my goals and check them off each day.

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