I'm almost done with the book and started focusing on using some of what I've learned to make the time for couponing-- goal is to bring down that monthly grocery bill! Work on the house budget and start studying for the CPLP.
One of the hard things is that I have a toddler around which requires momma now! I can't just do the 30 minute blocks of time that "The Now Habit" calls to do when he's awake. I just can't say, "sorry honey, momma's got 15 more minutes of uninterrupted work to complete". Even writing in my blog is a feat. Currently we have "The Grouch Song" playing on Pandora as he plays with his "bolts" and tried telling me that his four bolts were "five!" And now Dada's home and they play fight for blankie.
Well time to manage the house...does running around after a toddler count in the 30 minutes???
Friday, June 24, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Perfectionism causing procrastination? Fear of success?
The Now Habit has me thinking of why I'm such a procrastinator for certain things.
The two biggies for me are:
"This project is big and important"
"I must be perfect"
He says that to be productive these need to be replaced with:
"I can take one small step"
"I can be perfectly human"
The need for perfection for me is the biggest one. I almost freeze up at the thought of starting a project since in my head "it MUST be perfect". Reading this book makes me realize that our well meaning teachers at PS 124 may have done us a disservice by repeating from K - 6th grade to us "Only your BEST is good enough". Words that have been tattooed in my brain.
Telling a child to work hard is one thing, but it seems like asking for Only the BEST all the time was somehow twisted to mean absolute perfection.
And so we continue to the Guilt Free Play chapter...
The two biggies for me are:
"This project is big and important"
"I must be perfect"
He says that to be productive these need to be replaced with:
"I can take one small step"
"I can be perfectly human"
The need for perfection for me is the biggest one. I almost freeze up at the thought of starting a project since in my head "it MUST be perfect". Reading this book makes me realize that our well meaning teachers at PS 124 may have done us a disservice by repeating from K - 6th grade to us "Only your BEST is good enough". Words that have been tattooed in my brain.
Telling a child to work hard is one thing, but it seems like asking for Only the BEST all the time was somehow twisted to mean absolute perfection.
And so we continue to the Guilt Free Play chapter...
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Beggining the journey...
To working on my CPLP Certification - Certified Performance and Learning Professional.
I've been wanting to start on this for a while, but having a toddler around makes it no easy task. I've also come to realize that I'm really good at procrastinating. I've even bought the book "The Now Habit" to get myself out of the procrastination habit -- but even that's been hard to keep up with.
I need to separate it out in small pieces:
1. Read "The Now Habit"
2. Make a certification plan -- how much will I study per night and read.
3. Make a plan to maintain my certification
If I think too much about the big picture it becomes overwhelming. For now I need to do small bite sized pieces.
I know I can be great at what I do and all it takes is some focus! And I hope that by keeping a blog I can keep a track of my progress on what will probably be a year long journey!
I've been wanting to start on this for a while, but having a toddler around makes it no easy task. I've also come to realize that I'm really good at procrastinating. I've even bought the book "The Now Habit" to get myself out of the procrastination habit -- but even that's been hard to keep up with.
I need to separate it out in small pieces:
1. Read "The Now Habit"
2. Make a certification plan -- how much will I study per night and read.
3. Make a plan to maintain my certification
If I think too much about the big picture it becomes overwhelming. For now I need to do small bite sized pieces.
I know I can be great at what I do and all it takes is some focus! And I hope that by keeping a blog I can keep a track of my progress on what will probably be a year long journey!
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