How you do one thing, is how you do everything
Mar 10, 2024
One of the most inspiring things I finally “heard” today was “how you do one thing is how you do everything.” The reason I say that I finally heard it today, is because I know I've heard this before, but today, it really dawned on me why it really matters.
There was an example thrown at me in a coaching class, where my coach talked about an example. The example describes that if your desk was messy, then there are other parts of your life that are also messy. And that's when it occurred to me that my desk was messy! I took a look at everything around me and found that I hoard a lot of stuff! I keep a lot of things to the point where I have no idea where to put them all! And I get overwhelmed when I start to realize how unorganized I am.
This was a huge revelation to me because I've always considered myself to be a good organizer.
I'm always the first person to make sure that things go as planned, and things are on time. But in my own life, I realized that I need to really focus on what matters, and I realized that nothing else matters except for the things that make me happy, like my books, my pictures, the clothes that make me feel beautiful, or the people around me who make me smile or the people around me who inspire me.
Why is it that I keep things around me that truly if they disappeared tomorrow, I wouldn't even notice? It’s because I feel like everything around me is important and that has caused me to accumulate stuff. This stuff has really turned my life upside down to the point where I really don't know what matters anymore.
But today, that changes. Today that changes. My story's going to start with getting rid of the things that don't matter to me. There will be no more times when I say I might need that for later. Because really, if I haven't looked at it in a few years then I'm sure I will not even notice that it's gone.
This is going to be a big overhaul of my life.
But I know it will make a difference and today I'm starting with unloading my feelings here.
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