funny story …

so i published my last post with no thoughts from me because, well, that quote stands for itself. but i completely planned on my next post being my profound and oh, so eloquently stated commentary on what i’ve been learning in that area … of course, showing that i’m working on being more consistent {i.e. ON MY BLOG}

and, no joke, my internet went out.

SO.

i really have been working on small things. daily. across the board for life, work, play … everything. i just couldn’t show it on my blog the way i wanted to.

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i love this shot of our little sir today {via VSCOCAM and INSTAGRAM … two of my latest obsessive pleasures}:

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we just got him new flip flops. no bigs, right?? except this kid RUNS. all the time. and straight out of his flip flops.

which he HATES. there’s a minor meltdown every time and instead of me going through the roof, i just know “well, yep, he’s run out of his flip flops again…”

so what do we do? we make him walk slowly in them. for little moments at a time until he gets more comfortable. today i made him put them on himself … which he’s been refusing to do because he doesn’t like running out of them. and the above is the solution he came up with to help himself walk better.

hello, ADORABLE, first of all.

but the point being … eventually he will put them on right. eventually they’ll stay on his feet. and eventually he’ll RUN in them.

thanks to small things … day in and day out.

random example.

i know.

but it makes total sense in my world.

i asked my brother in law a few weeks ago as a creative {and a really fantastic, successful businessman}, what his best piece of advice to take huge, visionary type ideas and turn them into successful realities would be … especially for those with a more, errr, uh, “creative” way of thinking and approaching the world.

he said:

“consistent small things”.

that was it.

faaaantastic. even though i knew he was going to say something along those lines, i was hoping for a way cooler formula. and i probably gave him the virtual finger in mind as he said that {i may have even literally wrinkled up my nose and scowled at him…who knows}.

why?

because i work in spurts. i’m inspired in spurts, learn in spurts, work in spurts, play in spurts. even communicate in spurts.

period.

it can be a huge strength in certain situations!!

but in others, its a horrible weakness.

not one that will effect you immediately … but over time. slowly. like you don’t even notice it. and aren’t those things in life, the ones that slowly creep up on us, some of the most scary?!

and him saying that was just well timed … and hit straight to the heart of some areas that i’ve been taking a hard look at lately.

i can either choose to use “my natural style” as an excuse ….

“well, that’s just who i am so the whole world is really just going to have to deal with that”

{um, NO!}.

or…

“no, this isn’t how i naturally work … but i’m going to have to figure out a way to combine my natural self with what must be done otherwise i will look back on wasted time and wasted efforts and wonder what in the world i was even about”.

i’m choosing the later.

you’ll probably hear a lot about it. you’ll probably see some epic fails. i’ll probably have to remind myself several times that this is what i’m working on … and i need to work on it in small chunks. consistently. repeated. DELIBERATE {oh wait … posted about that eaaaarlier this year … clearly this is a theme }. but i’m working.

so that’s my world.

what about you? how do you tackle life in small, consistent efforts? what works for you? what doesn’t? please, by all means, share your secrets!! i’ll be sure to be sharing more of mine …