My friend, Lanette, started doing this with me a few years ago!! During the year we will check in with each other to see if things are coming off the list. Just knowing that I was getting ready to do my list, I got in action and took care of two items so that they didn't even make it on the list! It is fun to check the items off. So, you are probably wondering, WHAT is on my list for this year? Well here is a sample of what is on my list:
1. Have Diane over for coffee
2. Visit Sharleen in Maine
3. Throw a party for the people who have helped us get to where we are
4. Office all cleaned up and organized
5. Access to a saltwater pool for the kids this summer so they can learn to swim w/out chlorine
6. Pictures organized
7. Find a church that will offer a scent-free mass and 'no germs' zone for us to be able to participate with (Roman Catholic)
8. Fulfill on my promise to Edith Anderson for Epsilon Alpha Chapter history (and organize her docs)
9. Be selected for an ABC Extreme Home Makeover OR somehow resolve our housing issues
10. Clean out the attic
Well, you get the idea. My 2009 Completion list has a total of 26 items on it, most of them not related to the cookbook because then the list would be 100 items long. I have one item for business and the rest is in a category I'd call other. One of the items, having matching dresses for my daughter and I, is a luxury that I have not been willing to spend the money on given our medical bill situation. But, what I realized the other week was that I could sew the dresses myself for a fraction of what I could buy them ready-made, and if I didn't hurry up and do it soon - she'd be at that age where she was too old to wear a dress that matched "Mommy's". Yes, they do grow up fast!! So, now I'm using the matching dresses concept as a reward for completing 7 or 8 big work projects. Projects that will take hours and hours and did I say hours to complete!! Projects that I have either been avoiding or for some reason have not managed to finish. That is providing incentive for me. I can't wait to get those projects done now.
And that is the inner workings of a self-motivated person. I set up my own rewards for completing X or Y amount of work or certain projects. It lights a fire under me - assuming I have the right motivating rewards. At any rate, I have digressed. Writing up your own Completion List could provide you with lots of power if you will work to complete items on the list. And now you can create your own "reward" program for doing such. I hope that I have not bored you to death with my little motivational tricks! Thinking about doing a completion list? If you do, let me know!! What gives you power? How do you motivate yourself? Let me know.
Have a wonderful and productive week. I'm off to LA on Wednesday.
Love,
Lisa
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