Daily Gratitude: You’ve heard me quote people like Brian Cain before. He says “It’s the start that stops most people”. If you look back over your life I think you’ll agree. I know that I agonize over having to make a phone call and put it off forever. But then, when I finally do it, I sit back and say to myself “that wasn’t so bad. Why do these things give you such trouble, Terrie?” My answers are always pretty similar but that’s not the point. The point is that putting off doing this one simple task was much more painful than actually doing it. You’d think I would remember that for next time and be able to overcome that procrastination but I can’t. It’s something that at least now i am attentive to and do work around (with my parts) instead of just ignoring that the problem exists. Did you ever have a good idea and thought “I would like to do x,y, or z?” But then never do it? Do you ask yourself why you never did it? I think that’s one of the most valuable questions we can ask ourselves – why? Why did we or why didn’t we do something. You can learn so much about yourself if you ponder that. Make a list of the things you want to do. Not necessarily a bucket list but a list of lots of things you think you could and would do that would be useful or fun. Now next to each write out why you haven’t done them yet OR what’s holding you back from doing them now or at least planning to do them. What is this list of “reasons” (or excuses) telling you? Thats the real key information you need to address. It will reveal so much about you and how your mind works. Try it.