So today I got a lot of stuff done in my apartment. Did some writing, made some hearts for the kids at church out of melted crayons, they really liked that. I threw some stuff away, gave some stuff away, wrote a letter to my son, swept the kitchen, cooked, vacuumed the living room, packed some more boxes, threw away some more stuff, made a beautiful necklace, and after all of that, it was time to get ready to go to church. I managed to get a few of the many things on my to do list, ta done today, ha ha and I feel better about myself. I tend to be a multi-tasker and I look forward too much sometimes. I want to get everything done at once and it causes me to get overly anxious sometimes.
I have to remind myself to calm down, get organized and don't overload my data banks. When I am in the kitchen, is when it really hits me. So used to cooking for a living that when I get into a kitchen even if it is for the simplest of tasks, I will end up cleaning the entire kitchen, organizing everything, washing every dish, cooking something, heating up some coffee and wiping down the counters in less time than it takes to say skippedy do dah. Most folks would think, huh? what's the problem with that? Well....when I am in another room trying to get a task accomplished and say I need to go into the kitchen to re-heat my coffee, for instance,
I can't just go in there and heat up the coffee in the microwave, no I put the coffee into the microwave, set the timer for 1 minute 25 seconds and then I proceed to clean the entire kitchen, even if it doesn't need it. I just hate standing idle for that 1:25, or I will start another task just to fill up the time of the 1:25, I just hate wasting time. I know that I must not be the only person that does this but, I have begun to irritate my own self so I can only imagine if I was living with someone, other than my dog Angel, how aggravating that would be to someone.
I found myself earlier blowing my hair dry and brushing my teeth at the same time. Sounds crazy huh? well...I really did and I was like what in the world? am I really in this big of a rush? I know what it is, I have allowed myself to feel overwhelmed with all of the things that I need to get done before the move and so I feel the need to do more than one thing at a time. I have realized what the issue is and so now being the problem solver that I am, I have decided to analyze exactly what needs to be done before the move and anything that is not absolutely imperative will not get done until after the move.
So, no more jewelry design or making of fudge or crafts or any of the things that I thought I could or should get done before the move. I will be sticking to the list of absolute necessities and that is it. I definitely want to spend some time with friends before I leave Arkansas and in order for me to be able to do that and still get everything done, I am going to have to let some stuff go. Why do we do this to ourselves? Jesus said don't worry about tomorrow, tomorrow will have enough worries unto itself.
We start getting anxious over stuff that doesn't need to be done yet. I will be thinking of things that need to be done 3 months from now, why am I stressing over that now? Lord knows I have enough stuff to do right now. So, I am doing what Jesus said to do, I am casting my cares upon Him, because He cares for me and He has all of the answers and He knows exactly what I need to get done and He will help me to reach my goal. As long as I keep myself rested up, prayed up and set realistic goals for myself. All will be well.
Goodnight from Granny P's where happiness is homemade.
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