Last week I know I didn't write a new list item and it really bugged me because I was certain there was something I could add to this list. There are plenty of opportunities for me to improve, but I just could not nail down a new thought. Normally when I run into that kind of quandary Heather is really good for coming up with something constructive, but even she was drawing a blank last week. Net result: no list item, and no change.
This week is different. I came up with this idea just now, but the reason for selecting this list item is more significant than the change itself as it should lead to other things that could use adjustment. This week's addition to My Best Me was selected for the main purpose of leading by example. Do as I say AND as I do. I need to correct something so my son does not get the idea that I condone hypocrisy; because I do not. That being the inspiration for this change leads me to think of other changes I could make in the future and that's why I'm more fired up about this than I thought I would be.
I need to put away my dishes.
There it goes. You'd think my house was an utter pig stye with the number of items I keep thinking of that regard cleaning up my mess. It's not, but I can be as lazy as most everybody else can be and especially so when it comes to my dishes.
Just about every night the wife and I eat dinner in the living room. We're usually pretty good about putting those in the sink because otherwise her little dog will whine at the plates until they're gone. Later on, however, I tend to get another snack; cottage cheese, almonds, etc. The issue is, I have a tendency to leave those dishes in the living room. This is the thing that has to change.
I can't hold Dylan accountable for cleaning up after himself when I haven't shown the willingness or ability to do the same myself. So just like the thing with the shoes, I'll be putting my dishes away every night, and uh, my napkins too. :)
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
One Step at a Time
I'm just now really beginning to understand how My Best Me is as much an exercise of confession as it is a matter of trying to improve. Every time I bring up something to improve on, it's also pointing out bad habits or shall I say, missed opportunities. And this round is no different, I'm afraid.
The only good news about this addition to the list is that it is relatively simple again. It's all about the shoes.
If one were allowed to look in our closet, which you are not for fear that I would find several new My Best Me ideas in there, one would find that my wife and I have very different ideas of how shoes should be stored. In a selfish desire to preserve my marriage, I will only be speaking about my side of the closet. I'm pretty proud of the fact that the shoes in my closet are almost always neatly arranged. The trouble is, my shoes are not always in my closet; they're all over the house. They're by the coffee table, under the desk, next to the "red chair", under the stool at the bar, and maybe, just maybe, they might be in the shoe basket by the front door. But not likely.
So this week is simple. I will pick my shoes up every night and place them in my closet, in the neat, orderly row that they should be in. Simple, huh? Well, we will see.
The only good news about this addition to the list is that it is relatively simple again. It's all about the shoes.
If one were allowed to look in our closet, which you are not for fear that I would find several new My Best Me ideas in there, one would find that my wife and I have very different ideas of how shoes should be stored. In a selfish desire to preserve my marriage, I will only be speaking about my side of the closet. I'm pretty proud of the fact that the shoes in my closet are almost always neatly arranged. The trouble is, my shoes are not always in my closet; they're all over the house. They're by the coffee table, under the desk, next to the "red chair", under the stool at the bar, and maybe, just maybe, they might be in the shoe basket by the front door. But not likely.
So this week is simple. I will pick my shoes up every night and place them in my closet, in the neat, orderly row that they should be in. Simple, huh? Well, we will see.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Stay the Course
Hmmmm, the pros and cons of having people that you know follow your blog. This is new territory for me. When I first started writing this, as you may have read, I wasn't going to really share this with anybody. Looking back on it now, that my have been a good strategy on one hand, and a not so good one on the other.
With nobody following my blog, I didn't have anybody to check in with. There wasn't anybody to run into about town that might ask how things were going, or worse yet, ask why I haven't been updating the list. For all you would be bloggers out there, here is something to consider. If people are engaged in what you're writing, they might want more. I'll let you decide whether that's a pro or a con.
On the flip side of that coin, I also didn't have anybody to encourage me. Nobody would have been interested in the list. Nobody would be wondering how I was living up to My Best Me. Nobody would be getting a little inspiration of their own to make some changes.
All in all, I'd say the pros outweigh the cons at this point and I'm grateful and humbled that you would want to read my blog. As that is the case, my item for this week is to continue to honor the list. To keep writing every week. To come up with something new to add, no matter how minor or grand. I will develop another improvement every week. After all, they are not too hard to come up with. It would appear that I am still many steps away from My Best Me.
With nobody following my blog, I didn't have anybody to check in with. There wasn't anybody to run into about town that might ask how things were going, or worse yet, ask why I haven't been updating the list. For all you would be bloggers out there, here is something to consider. If people are engaged in what you're writing, they might want more. I'll let you decide whether that's a pro or a con.
On the flip side of that coin, I also didn't have anybody to encourage me. Nobody would have been interested in the list. Nobody would be wondering how I was living up to My Best Me. Nobody would be getting a little inspiration of their own to make some changes.
All in all, I'd say the pros outweigh the cons at this point and I'm grateful and humbled that you would want to read my blog. As that is the case, my item for this week is to continue to honor the list. To keep writing every week. To come up with something new to add, no matter how minor or grand. I will develop another improvement every week. After all, they are not too hard to come up with. It would appear that I am still many steps away from My Best Me.
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