- Edmund Burke
I feel it is a great accomplishment when lots of little things add up to a bigger thing.
For instance, reading the second installation of the Hunger Games...a few pages at a time. My commute to and from work every day allows me a total of about 30 minutes of reading per day.
Silly me, I thought that wouldn't really get me anywhere in my book. It sure doesn't sound significant. Ha! Funny how wrong I was. Reading a few pages every day feels pretty unproductive, but it gets you somewhere.
So that makes me think....what else could I accomplish if I did it in the tiniest, manageable increments?
Expanding my cooking repertoire. There's something.
Throwing one semi-difficult or new thing into the cooking week is doable. And not even overwhelming.
Taking more pictures. And editing them. One at a time.
Because I enjoy all of these things. And who needs unrealistic goals? They are...unrealistic.
So in summary: I am nearing the end of Catching Fire. I cooked salmon in the oven for the first time last week and wondered why I had never done it before. And I have been enjoying my new iphone4 and its camera abilities to the fullest extent. Which is why I take pictures of everything now. Including Catching Fire. Baby steps. Is that how you live life? Am I just really new to the club?
For instance, reading the second installation of the Hunger Games...a few pages at a time. My commute to and from work every day allows me a total of about 30 minutes of reading per day.
Silly me, I thought that wouldn't really get me anywhere in my book. It sure doesn't sound significant. Ha! Funny how wrong I was. Reading a few pages every day feels pretty unproductive, but it gets you somewhere.
So that makes me think....what else could I accomplish if I did it in the tiniest, manageable increments?
Expanding my cooking repertoire. There's something.
Throwing one semi-difficult or new thing into the cooking week is doable. And not even overwhelming.
Taking more pictures. And editing them. One at a time.
Because I enjoy all of these things. And who needs unrealistic goals? They are...unrealistic.
So in summary: I am nearing the end of Catching Fire. I cooked salmon in the oven for the first time last week and wondered why I had never done it before. And I have been enjoying my new iphone4 and its camera abilities to the fullest extent. Which is why I take pictures of everything now. Including Catching Fire. Baby steps. Is that how you live life? Am I just really new to the club?
I absolutely love the Hunger Games series! I think smaller goals you may actually accomplish are so much better than larger goals that you may never see an end to. I'm all about baby steps in my life. :)
ReplyDeletewe really need to have a phone convo about the HG series. i can't believe we haven't yet.
ReplyDeleteMy spanish teacher in high school told me this! She promised our class that if we studied for ten minutes each morning, we would all get A's in the class. I honestly believe this is where I got my good study habits...because she was so right! :) Little things add up!
ReplyDeleteAnd I absolutely love love love making salmon...I'm pretty impatient when it comes to cooking, but this is a super easy and delicious meal! :)