"A good time
to finish up old tasks."
SNARKY RESPONSE: Really?
That's a "fortune?" I really have to say that I've been a bit
disappointed in the fortune cookie sages. You know, something about that
windfall just around the corner or that perfect someone headed your way. Ah
well. Maybe next week.
A good time to
finish up old tasks.
Though I can see
where you could take this as a call to arms. Who doesn't have old tasks that
need finishing? And why wouldn't Now be a good time to do that?
However, you know
what? I'm going to take the contrarian point of view and ask WHY? Sometimes we
start something and discover that it was the wrong thing, but because we've
invested time, money, and/or effort, we don't think we can just let it go. We've
been taught to believe that you must always finish what you start. So we tuck
it up on a shelf, push it to the back of the closet, or wear a path in the
carpet going around it. Instead, what we should do is acknowledge that it's not
ever going to be completed and let it go. Give it away, take it apart, trash
it. Rather than burn time and energy feeling guilty about that project you
never intend to finish, just admit you won't and move on.
Think how
liberating it would be to give all those little guilt monsters the big
"heave-ho!" How much better would you feel if you looked in that closet
and didn't have to face that moldering 'one day' project? Besides, you can
probably use the space for that 'today' project!
Who's with me?
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