Getting better at Life!

I am trying to do better about my not so serious but sometimes fatigable obsessive-compulsive behavior. Instead of letting it control me and run my life, I am figuring out some things and learning to harness that part of my brain and emotions. What’s more, I am enjoying the feeling of living life more creatively. To use a common biblical term, I am learning to live life more abundantly! I have learned that I don’t have to get some things done right away or accomplish things in one single moment. I sometimes feel burdened when I see before me so many looming, daunting and time consuming tasks. I cringe at the thought of having to get so much done, so much so that I put things off until I can’t procrastinate anymore. But this is how I am managing. I have learned that I don’t have to sit and grade all test papers at once. I can grade a page or two and put the papers away and finish grading the rest later when I am more relaxed. I don’t have to write an entire article all at once, but I can write a page or two every day and read some more until I feel more inspired to write. I don’t have to cook an entire meal all at once. I can chop veggies and prep some things on weekends or the night before and finish cooking later, maybe after I return from work or from a long run, or after church, who knows. I don’t have to clean the entire house all at once, but I can do a room or a space at a time. I don’t have to get all the items in my grocery list at once, but I can stop by after work or some other time to pick up a few things. I am learning to manage and segment many serious and not so serious tasks and chores this way and by doing so I am freeing myself and relishing the journey all the more. My dinner tonight was good practice for that and yummy both in taste and in the feeling of getting so much better at life.