Have been off this board for a few days and NEEDED to check in! I'm trying to do too darned much!!!
Went to the kitchen to clean all the junk food and to take inventory of my pantry, freezer and spices. I really didn't find too many No-No's. I did find a lot of expired stuff, spices that had turned to dust and a myriad of science projects pushed to the back of the fridge (gag!!) Then I stirred up a hornet's nest!!! Had to take everything out of the pantry...scrubbed the shelves, put like things together, dusted the cans... Moved on to the fridge, had to take out all food stuffs, the shelves and drawers, scrubbed that puppy clean....Moved on to the spices, purging, washing the jars, alphabetizing....
Long story short, I turned around and my kitchen looked like a weapon of mass destruction blew up while my back was turned. So what did I do? Jumped on FlyLady.net. Have only 3 more days of vacation left and thought I needed a little help organizing my house....Heck, there aren't enough vacation days left in my life to fix all my issues!!!
It wouldn't hurt my feelings one little bit if Dr. Phil did a whole life makeover on me, but I bet he doesn't have enough experts in the world to get that done before he retires!!!
So, I have been thinking about this and I think the root cause of all my self inflicted misery is that I'm a Perfectionist. You read that right. PERFECTIONIST. I want everything to be so perfect, that I research, plan, make lists, cross reference resources, buy all the books, and flat out think a problem to death. I take no action because I do not want to fail or make a mistake. I make a plan, but if Plan A doesn't work, I have no backup (because I've thought Plan A out so well, who needs a Plan B, right?), so I don't implement the plan....I just keep researching and re-writing it with the hope that one day it will be in good enough shape to try. I'm a sick sucker!!!
SO FOLKS, that's why I'm here!!!! LOSERS DON'T MAKE EXCUSES!!!! I'm NOT excusing my actions, I'm just acknowledging them and verbalizing them aloud for the first time. I have gotten my self into my own predicaments and I need some help getting out. Does anyone have any tips to motivate me to move from planning to implementation???
LOSERS DON"T MAKE EXCUSES!!!
Patti
