Last year was not comfortable.
I spent too much time in my house, with my kids, not getting enough done and feeling like crap because of it.
But I was also wasting a lot of time.
➡️ When I could have been reading, I was scrolling through facebook.
➡️ When I could have been working on a work project, I was making tea, grabbing a snack or feeling cozy under a blanket.
➡️ When I could have been playing Go Fish with my kids, I was endlessly picking up the house.
I spent a lot of time wasting time.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s ok to scroll Facebook or make a cup of tea…but only if I am CHOOSING it.
A lot of the time wasters are things I do on default as a way to make myself comfortable.
Basically, I waste time in order to feel comfortable.
I turn to Facebook as a mindless activity when I don’t want to be working.
I pick up around the house as a mindless activity when I don’t want to be spending time with my family and I don’t want to ask for space.
I make myself a cup of tea and sit under a cozy blanket when I feel like I am doing something wrong and I want to feel better.
Here is what I realized…if I wanted to stop wasting time, I was going to have to be willing to feel uncomfortable.
I was going to have to ask for what I need from my husband. To push through to hit a deadline in my business. To make a decision about sending my kids back to childcare, even with the COVID risk. To pick up the book instead of Netflix, even if I don’t want to.
I was going to have to get cozy with feeling uncomfortable.
The result?
➡️ Plenty of time to take a bath.
➡️ A completed to-do list. Decisive decisions about how to handle COVID and my kids.
➡️ A more present mind when with my family.
➡️ Less negative-self talk for not doing the thing I said I was going to do.
Ultimately, a happier and more satisfied me.
The only thing standing between you and doing the thing you know you should do? A feeling.
What’s possible for you if you were to get cozy with feeling uncomfortable?
