Recovery Meditations: June 30th

PROCRASTINATION

“How does a project get to be a year behind schedule?
One day at a time.”
Fred Brooks

I have been given many talents, and I count them as gifts from my Maker. Throughout life I have discovered that there was virtually nothing that I could not make, bake, say or do with the help of my Higher Power. At the age of three years I learned to crochet and read. I learned to draw, paint, write poetry and quilt. The fact that I was not afraid of failing had a great influence on my ability to tackle any task.

Surprisingly, when I felt that I was "grown" and needed to leave home and start a life of my own, I found that finishing anything was almost impossible. I could start anything -- but I seemed to complete nothing. Much to my dismay I had developed the art of procrastination. Just waiting to finish anything tomorrow puts me one day behind. Day by day, the project gets put on the back burner and forgotten. One day at a time I eventually find that I am years into finishing some things.

Thanks to this program and its wonderful steps and tools, I have found that by working "one day at a time" I can be -- and am -- a person who starts and finishes things. This is who God created me to be...not the person who continually puts things off. It took a lot of reading and prayer and meditating on God's Word for me to get where I am today...a person who takes action on the tasks before me. I am far from perfect, but I am making progress.

One day at a time...
Just for today I will take action and not put off until tomorrow what I can do today.

~ Annie K.

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When I live life in smaller chunks, I feel less overwhelmed & better equipped to tackle what's put in front of me. If I have to declutter and organize a giant closet, that may put me off if I felt the need to do the entire thing at one time.  But, if I do it in increments, I can accomplish that task and feel the satisfaction of a job well done.  I can bring in 3 or 4 large bags, fill them up with donations, place those bags in the trunk of my car and drive them to Goodwill. I can tackle ANY project that way.........without feeling the need to do it perfectly or entirely in one day.

For today, I will not let things pile up while they're left unattended.