This is a part of streamlining my life, making it more about what I want and who I am and less about what others want for me or who other people think I should be. I found some of my journals from high school. That's an eye-opener for sure. As naive and cheesy those entries seem to me now, I can see so much about who I was then and what was important to me. I can't throw them away. I want to write more about my life now, because it feels good and clears my head.
I feel simpler now. I'm not trying to be a perfectionist. Over-analysis comes naturally to me, and it is something I really try to keep in check now, because it affects how I feel about myself.
Being able to make a decision and trust yourself is an enormous asset. I can research and think something TO DEATH, but all that work and stress is worth nothing without action. So, I am on a mission to put more action in my life. Down with procrastination. Life is too short. Down with over-planning. Enjoy the ride. Do what you can do with the time you have, then stop and enjoy it.
I've been breaking my day down into 15 minute chunks and it is really helping me to get more things done. Fifteen minutes is not a long time to focus on anything, but it is amazing what you can get done in that short time. Yes, I have a timer and yes, I use it.
However unimportant my journal entries were in high school, and however unimportant my blog entries are today, it is the essence that I enjoy. Reading those entries is like visiting with an old friend. The old me. She is me before college, marriage, kids, friends have come and gone. It's nice to hear what she was up to then, what worried her and what pulled at her heart. It was years ago and we are still best friends, but sometimes we fall out of touch--me, myself, and I.
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