While crusing around the blogs this morning, I found Holly’s Corner Blog. She recently wrote about her experiences with her daughter and what she said is important for those of us who are stuggling to fix our Eat Watches too.
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So what does this have to do with organization tips? EVERYTHING. For her and for me. I have to remember to break things down for her, things that I take for granted. She has to experience consistency to counteract the sporadic signals going off in her head constantly. It doesn’t mean we have to have a robotic lifestyle. In fact, we don’t even set an alarm to wake us at the same time each morning. But we do have simple tasks that are consistent morning, after school and at bed time, and when she is given a chore it comes to her in stages and sections. I can’t just say “Go clean your room.” I have to say, “I need you to put all the dirty clothes in the laundry bag, and then put all your “x” in a pile.”
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Just 4 Today, I need you to . . .
It’s the part where she says, “I need you to . . .” and she breaks down the steps of a task into do-able bits that made me sit up and think. What if we could be our own Moms? And every morning we could tell ourselves step-by-step 3 (or 2 or 4) things that we need to do.
And to make our moms happy, we would.
What do you think? Would it work?
I LOVE the way you have shown the application of this concept to apply in other areas. Not only do I think it is possible but I also believe it would work! In fact, I think I’ll give it a shot myself. Starting today I’ll take this approach to my exercise inconsistency and eating habits. Thanks for the jolt and the comments!
Hugs,
Holly
Holly’s Corner
Holly, One of the things I LOVE about blogs is how we learn from each other. I really am impressed by the way you break those tasks down for your daughter. The funny thing is, I have a room that needs organizing and for 3 weekends in a row, I’ve just stood at the door for a couple of minutes and walked away, leaving it alone.
You’ve given me a plan for getting it done.
Also, I hope you’ll stop in again sometime to let us know how your exercise and eating plan are going.
My first day of commitment took a nosedive. Around noon I started to feel a bit poorly. Sore throat, stuffy head, feverish… the miseries. It hit me fast and I kind of plopped around on the couch for most of the day. I didn’t eat between meals and drank more water, but the exercise bit the dust; my legs feel like lead. I’m retiring early tonight, gonna try to fight this off and try again tomorrow.
Nag, I’m sure I’ve missed you for the evening.
But please don’t beat-up on yourself. If you don’t pace yourself when you aren’t feeling well then your illness will stretchout for much longer than it should.
It sounds to me like you did great, even without accounting for not feeling well.
I took Cold-eese for 3 days last week and I think that let me hold off a cold. It has zinc.
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