Do One Thing

I went for a walk yesterday in my small town hometown. When I started out, I noticed several families on their porches and yards untangling light strands and getting ready to decorate for the season. For some people it’s an all day tradition. As with any project or task you start out by doing one thing. You can’t just throw the lights up on the porch willy nilly. You must do the do. Untangle. Replace bulbs. Measure out. Wrap around.

Do one thing.

I did some early decorating before heading down to help my parents … It was cold and I used the basement as my work station to separate all the lights, wrap them in the garland and attach the red bows. Then I bundled up to wrap the new porch columns and call it Christmas, because what goes up must come down. I took my “Do One Thing” advice literally.

Today, I debated not taking my walk. The temperature was 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. The sun was not out. The wind had picked up and the weather app notified me that “Bruce” was on the way. So I grabbed my winter coat and headed out the door.

Do one thing.

I’ve cut out wine. Yup. I’m not saying I’ll never have another glass but what I did was stop drinking one (or two) every day.

Do one thing.

I’m writing a book, because one thing I know for sure, a book cannot write itself. I am writing/tweaking a chapter a week, so I’ll let you know when preorders are available.

Do one thing.

I’m limiting my carbs. You know, I know, we all know… we eat too many carbs. I am not going crazy here, just cutting out a potato, some rice, and mainly the bread.

Do one thing.

Is your task at hand overwhelming? Do you get discouraged in your weight loss journey? Have you given up? Today…

Do one thing.

When I finished my walk today, some displays were already twinkling in the almost dusk afternoon hours and I’ve already had two out of three kids send me a photo of their decorated tree.

“Is your house on fire, Clark?  No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights.” ~ A Christmas Vacation