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Post by messymimi on Jan 9, 2011 8:53:18 GMT -5
"The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling." ~ Lucretius
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Post by messymimi on Jan 10, 2011 7:40:38 GMT -5
"Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down." ~ Charles F. Kettering
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Post by deetermined2change on Jan 11, 2011 6:35:41 GMT -5
There's a children's song that I downloaded... uh, let me see if it's still available for free... now that I spent an hour looking for songs for my son to teach him personal space... where was I? Oh, yes, here's the link for the song freekidsmusic.com/kids-music-artists-b/About halfway down the page Willa Brigham It's Gonna Be Hard I LOVE this song... Basically it says "It's gonna be hard, not gonna be easy but you can be who you want to be..." and it is a VERY catchy tune.... If you like it, great... if not, well, it hardly took any time to listen to it, right? And, if you think I'm weird or nuts, well, now, it wouldn't be the first and it won't be the last time  ... and you're probably right... but who wants to be normal, serious, and boring... not me! I can be fun, weird me     and sometimes (as my favorite bumper sticker says) "I'm not in your hurry." but I can tame this messy, filthy, cluttery beast and still be fun and loving and fun-loving.... because if I had to become a type a personality to tame it, well, not only would the chances be nil that it would happen, but I'm not sure it would be worth the trade... Thankfully, I don't have to choose  |
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Post by messymimi on Jan 11, 2011 8:01:45 GMT -5
"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second." ~ William James
D2C, you don't have to choose, it's fun to have you just the way you are. My poor kids have to put up with me, after all, and i have no intention of changing, but the stuff is going. 
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Post by fluffychild on Jan 11, 2011 8:35:02 GMT -5
Inch by inch, its a cinch.
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Post by messymimi on Jan 12, 2011 7:29:24 GMT -5
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thanks for the reminder, FluffyChild.
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Post by messymimi on Jan 13, 2011 7:26:35 GMT -5
"Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use." ~ Earl Nightingale
"A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success." ~ Elbert Hubbard
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Post by messymimi on Jan 14, 2011 7:49:27 GMT -5
"Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little." ~ Plutarch
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Post by messymimi on Jan 15, 2011 7:02:04 GMT -5
"A champion is someone who gets up, even when he can't." ~ Jack Dempsey
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Post by messymimi on Jan 16, 2011 8:12:33 GMT -5
"Never Quit. Don't ever, ever quit. Recognize that stopping now, regrouping to try a new approach isn't quitting. If you quit you'll regret it forever." ~ Rudy Ruettiger
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Post by messymimi on Jan 17, 2011 7:53:04 GMT -5
"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whethere you get back up." ~ Vince Lombardi
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Post by sporadic on Jan 17, 2011 8:57:44 GMT -5
Procrastination
Feeling overwhelmed. Sometimes tasks are so big that we are rendered helpless and cannot even get started on them.
Sometimes it is to avoid something unpleasant.
Fear of failure. Sometimes people would rather put in no effort than actually fail at it. They are worried about what people will think.
Perfectionism. You don’t feel good enough about yourself. If it isn’t going to be perfect then you will not do it at all.
Decision-making. If you make a decision, the responsibility is on you. If something doesn’t work out well, then you have to own that.
Quiet rebellion.
Resolutions:
Start in a concrete manner and create a priority list. Prioritize. Prioritize daily, if need be.
Break down large tasks into smaller, achievable tasks that can be handled in one day.
Have an accountability partner.
Rewards & punishments. Reward yourself for small accomplishments and lose a privilege for not doing something.
Don’t be perfect – be good enough.
Understand that you will have to work at making a change of habits – it won’t happen on its own.
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Post by messymimi on Jan 18, 2011 7:03:13 GMT -5
"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. " ~ Louis Pasteur
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Post by messymimi on Jan 19, 2011 8:10:34 GMT -5
"Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about." ~ Unknown
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Post by messymimi on Jan 20, 2011 7:48:50 GMT -5
"It's always too soon to quit!" ~ Norman Vincent Peale
"It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired." ~ Robert Strauss
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