Musing on Small Success Thursday on Saturday. Because I’m a rebel.
No.
That’s not why I’m posting on my Small Successes for the week on Saturday.
I saw Sherry’s post on the Yahoo Humor group. Went to her blog and read of her small successes for the week and thought…that’s that I need.
I need to obsessively fixate on what I did get done this week, no matter how small, more than what I didn’t.
So here I go.
* Got holiday cut-out cookies made.
* Had awesome fun day with friend doing what she wanted for bday celebration.
* Tried to break dance. Though was a horrible failure, at least I tried and realized how INCREDIBLY strong those young guys must be.
* Finally got a long run in. Okay with Thanksgiving a week away, that run wasn’t so much about my physical preparation as my head prep. After running two hours, (not so fast and not so pretty) I know I can complete the race and enjoy the morning.
Wait. These are all events I’ve blogged about. That might take them off the small success list. Maybe I need to dig deeper.
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* Inspired by Galit’s post I read early one morning this week. Once my children got up…look what we did. This was before school — people. And alright, it might have also classified as bribery to get them out of bed.
We made blue-green and green-blue pancakes.
It wasn't even St. Patty's Day.
* I cooked dinner (a rather loose interpretation of the word cooked) for my family three weeknights this week.
* One school night we entertained our neighbors and had a ball. I even cooked. (If you count prep of awesome salad cooking.) And takeout pizza did the rest.
* I remembered to make all the deposits my husband left for me. This might be the small success that was the most important.
* I finally replaced the one remaining pot with some cheery, bright pansies. (This also included blowing leaves from back yard space. And it looked beautiful for about 30 minutes.)
* Cleaned the trash out of my car one morning before school. Didn’t have to drive away in shame from primary school drop off.
* Didn’t need to sniff a line of coke to get through Beverly’s personal training session at gym on Tuesday.
Okay, that last one was just to see if you were paying attention. Though some mornings she makes me wish I had tried snorting coffee grounds or something.
No, all in all I did get somethings done this week. The dishes washed and put away. The laundry washed and dried and piled on the chair in the dining room.
I feel so much better this Saturday evening.
What was a small success you had this week? Try to think of one. You’ll feel moderately better…I promise.
