June 14, 2006From Complaint to Action
I order enough from catalogs that I managed to get on the list for every obscure catalog in existence. My habit was to complain daily when I retrieved my mail.
I saw the folly in my ways reading hints from Heloise. Heloise called each of the companies who sent her catalogues and asked to be removed from their lists.
I became aware of how I complained instead of taking action. I decided to do what Heloise had done. (I ended up giving the task to my bookkeeper who was happy to make the calls for me.)
That was last fall. It took a while to work, but I just returned from a trip to discover I didn’t have a single catalog waiting for me.
When you complain about something rather than taking action, you invest some of your vitality in venture that does not offer a return. I’ve been on the lookout for those situations lately, both in my own choices and how I show up or no longer want to show up for others in my life. As simple as it sounds, seeing the mail stack without catalogs was a symbol of my power to choose to invest rather than squander the power of my intention and choice.
What are you complaining about that you could change if you chose to?
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My constant complaint is “I’m so far behind, I’ll never catch up.” Well, I’ve been trying to change that in the last few weeks. I’ve had to re-arrange some of my schedules (as you know) to stay on a particular task until completed – which has been a challenge. I don’t say “no” very easy. I’ve set hours that I’m at my desk, hours I work out of the house, set hours for personal time, get a full nights sleep every night. plus I’ve made the time to also do my daily bible study and exercise. Poof! I’m in a much better frame of mind and my piles are actually getting fewer and shorter. Of course, I had about 10 piles on the floor, 8 piles on my desk and 4 piles on top of the file cabinets – but some are dwindling. If I’m going to catch up, I had to make a change and MAKE myself catch up. No one else was going to do it for me.
Comment by Kim Hawks — June 15, 2006 @ 5:48 pm