Daily Gratitude: Think back over your life and see if this has proven true for you. I bet you’ll find at least one example. But it’s interesting that even when we’ve seen it in action, we don’t seem to recognize it as a principle we should follow or a practice we should employ every day. And I think that’s because we’re programmed to look at the here and now and we forget the past – when it’s convenient to forget it. Ha. We’re really good at remembering when things didn’t go so well. Anyway, how do you think books or songs get written? Not all in one day but with continual effort. And a book doesn’t usually get written by talking about a different thing every day. Usually there’s a theme or idea or plot that all writing is centered around. Each day. Every day. Exercise is like that. Why do you think there’s so many “couch to xxx” programs where the xxx can be a 5K or a marathon or whatever. These programs are built around doing something every day that works toward the end result. What end result do you have in mind? It could be anything. Once you know what it is and have determined the best way to get it then put that action on the calendar for at least 6 of the 7 days a week. I’ve recently started writing every day thanks to having found an accountability partner. But I had to miss one day that wasn’t planned. The next day you wouldn’t believe how hard it was to “find the time” to do my writing. I had all sorts of reasons (aka excuses) why I couldn’t write that day. It shocked me. But it shows this effect too although in the opposite manner. It was more of the doing nothing will create more of the same – nothing. Fortunately I did pick up the computer and did write. That made it easier the next day and so on. Start with small actions and keep doing them. You can do decluttering that way. You’d be surprised how much you can get done in 10 minutes. I amazed myself one year when I decided I was going to declutter 10 minutes every day. I’m pretty sure I was just doing this to say “I told you so” (I guess I wanted to say it to all those who said it was possible). And guess what? I got a lot done in those 10 minutes repeated daily. Try this and let us know what happens. It works with anything.