I did it.

Continuing yesterdays post...I went home after the gym, I spent some time cleaning the kitchen (it needed it), got some food (also necessary), and then went out to the garage to get some work done.... and I have to tell you, it felt amazing. I of course didn't get my project done and I didn't get the garage clean but I got a start on it and that's a huge step for me. I think I've been wanting to work on the garage and dresser project for over a year now.

To continue to momentum I'm going to create a plan to at least make progress every day! I think the small wins and the slow progress is going to be much more beneficial than what I've tried in the past. There is this idea in my head that I need to set aside a huge chunk of time to complete the entire project in one setting. I dont need to tell you, as a mom, that just finding a big chunk of time in your day is usually an impossible feat. I'm also stuggling with ADHD and I think the dopamine hit of the small daily wins will be benefitial. It's not finishing the project immediatly. It's about progress.

Progress Over Perfection.

Don't you just hate it when "they're" right? I've heard the advice of "Progress over Perfection" for a long time now. Literally years. I don't know what it is in my brain that was telling me that I'm different. The idea that slow progress wasn't going to work for me. I NEEDED to finish a project in order to feel satisfied about it. I could sometimes get to a good stopping point and be happy with how the project was coming along. But, it still wasn't satisfying and even though I like doing these projects it they always ended up feeling like a chore I was just trying to hurry and get done rather than allowing myself to enjoy the work.

Love your Life, Enjoy the Journey.

This was actually the tagline for my first blog ever. I'm just now realizizng that I've never taken my own advice. Don't get me wrong, I love my life and I think I've kind of been applying this at a macro level. But the journey of life is the everyday. It's cooking dinner for my family, It's finding the perfect wallpaper for my next project, it's the time I get to spend at the gym with my friends. Sure the end product of all those things is great but that's really not the point of life.

I'm brining back this tagline as a reminder to enjoy the journey and stop focusing so much on just getting to the end of the process.