This year I’m participating in Ali Edwards’ One Little Word workshop. All of my OLW posts are here.
March was all about setting actions…and I have to admit that I really struggled. My difficulty wasn’t because I don’t have things I want to accomplish, but rather because I felt like setting a long list of actions to be completed wasn’t entirely compatible with my choice to focus on “enough.” If I’m trying to remind myself that I am already doing and being enough, isn’t it counterproductive to then tell myself to do more?
This internal dilemma kept me from tackling this prompt for weeks — until last week, in fact, when I had to decide whether to skip March’s prompt entirely and move on to April, or give it a go.
So I gave it a go. I referred back to the 6 categories I used in January to set intentions, and used those intentions as a guide for my actions. I set 2-3 actions for five of the six categories — relationships, emotional, work, physical and miscellaneous. I kept them fairly low key, and I didn’t set any actions for my creative intentions, because I really believe that reducing the self-induced pressure on myself in that area is important.
Here’s how my album pages turned out:
I just used one page protector this month. The front side is my page of actions, which are all pretty straight forward. The toughest to accomplish are going to be my two emotional goals which center on getting enough sleep and maintaining enough energy during the day. (I know those two things sound like they should be in the “physical” category, but believe me, they are emotional! If I’m tired, I’m emotional — in a bad way. And when the afternoon energy crash hits, my mental state takes a serious dive.)
On the back, I made a fun page. I was looking back at the Pinterest board of “enough” quotes that I created in January, and this one stood out as particularly applicable at the moment. I was hit with a job-related disappointment recently, which left me frustrated and somewhat angry about my current situation. This is a good reminder to let it go and keep doing my best.
