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My boys, 7 and 4, share a bedroom. For some time, it has been in need of some Mom organization. However, this is the busiest time of the year for my business. It would grate on me every time I would walk into their room, but the task just seemed too big for me right now.
This week, in the middle of my busyness, I decided to take a chunk out of it at a time each day. Now, three days later, it is beautifully organized! It was more than I could do at one sitting, so I was doing nothing at all. I really just needed determination to tackle doable smaller tasks until the whole thing was complete.
This made me think about how we do this in many areas of our lives. We see one big project or goal and know it’s just bigger than what we can mentally or physically take on. So… we do nothing. Nothing at all. This is called an all or nothing mentality, and it gets us nowhere pretty quickly.
There have been times in my life when because of our schedule or because of the ages of my children, I just didn’t have time to work out like I wanted to. I determined that I would do what I could do, and then when I could do what I wanted to do, I would already be ready for full on success.
Many people think, “I just don’t have time to work out for an hour every day.” Or, “I’m not capable of that yet.” We need to think about what we can do now until we are at a point that we can do what we hope to do.
Think about this: If I do 50 squats while I brush my teeth each week night (instead of just standing there staring at myself), that is 250 squats a week… that is about 1,000 squats a month… that is about 12,000 squats a year!! OR, what if I did 20 sit ups each week night before I hop in bed? That’s 100 sit ups a week… that’s about 400 sit ups a month… that’s about 5,000 sit ups a year!! Even if we can’t do it all, we can always do a little something to better ourselves!
I was at this point spiritually before. There was something in my life that no matter how hard I tried or prayed I didn’t feel like I was making progress. I felt like I just didn’t need to be a Christian. I should quit and give up. This is an all or nothing mentality. I finally decided that even though I didn’t have victory in this one area, I was going to do everything I could to be the Christian God called me to be in every single area I could find. You know what? As I did that, I automatically started improving in the area I had struggled with for so long.
We can always take small steps in any area we find ourselves in. We don’t have to be the best at everything, but we can continually improve a little, improve a little, and improve a little, until we turn around and we have tackled more than we ever thought we could. This is true in our relationships and this is true in our personal lives.
Father God, I don’t want to use my inability to reach perfection as an excuse to do nothing at all. Please help me recognize the small steps I can take right now in my life to be consistent at growing. I want to always be improving my relationships, my personal life, and my spiritual life. Please show me all the little somethings I can do each day!
Wisdom is making choices today that will benefit us in the future – Joyce Meyer
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