I moved to the new blogger format but struggle with it's newness.
Found that certain lines in my post do not wordwrap and
sometimes wordwrap after a couple words are typed. So...
now I will just enter a carriage return to make my blog is
not so odd looking like yesterdays.
Since time is taking such a focus for me as mentioned in my
yesterdays blog, here's a time focus thought I received in one
of my newsletters:
"If, before going to bed every night, you will tear a page from the
calendar, and remark, "there goes another day of my life, never
to return," you will become time conscious."
~ A. B. Zu Tavern
That pretty much puts the focus on not wasting a day but I
wouldrather put something more positive in that calendar page
that provides some guidelines for improvement suggestions.
I attended a Toastmasters meeting yesterday and witnessed a
presentation about evaluating speeches but evaluating to
motivate. That puts a positive twist to a process which seemed to
me more like grading a paper. By adding a focus that goes beyond
'looking-in-the-rearview-mirror' it suggest looking ahead.
I like that.
Since one of my challenges is to keep my day's effort from lacking
focus, I'm ready to try utilizing my blog to write down my random
thoughts into something more. Like my sister suggests in her
quote at the bottom of her emails and put writing into perspective
for me: "The best way to predict the future is to create it."
~ Peter F. Drucker
Ok. Do have any lingering thoughts of yesterday impeding my
forward-thinking? There are couple of things I might bring to the
forefront so I can clear my head of them. My office is such a pit
because I start so many things and set them aside for later that
later is maybe not coming. So here's to myself - Self - clean up
your pit by taking out what you not going work on this week.
That does require some time so allocate some - today. Here's
another one - you have talk to prepare for, which happens at
lunch time kiwanis meeting - requires some planning - you have
this morning to work on it - so if now is not a good time, make
it the next thing you work on. Once you get your obstacles out
of the way, you can focus on the 'next' thing, and you have
several 'next' things.
Some 'next' things so I won't forget - communicate your needs,
for how else is any one going know what they are. Don't focus
on the to-do list, but how everything flows into and out of your
life. Make life enjoyable. And quit rushing around like there's
no tomorrow. Savor the moments and stamp them into you mind
so you look for something positive in each and every thing.
It's the now that's important.
It was great to hear from some friends in L.A. and Phoenix
yesterday. They inspired me to blog today. And my sister, who
inspires me with thoughts that naturally sync, like the desire to
write and read and the desire to just get out there and see what's
there for me.
