Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Do One Thing

June 19, 2017

This is kind of in the same vein as yesterday’s post and I wanted to get the thought down while it was fresh.

Do one thing.

This came to me as I was looking at a Bible study. One with a pretty cover. One that sounds like something I need right now. But, I’m already reading through “Read Your Way To Heaven” which covers Bible, catechism, and spiritual reading all together. And I’m loving it and gaining so much from it. So why would I need to take something else on? As I was drooling over this other study, a thought came to me: “do one thing”. Now there’s a crazy idea!

My friends, I never do just one thing – I usually have many different irons in the fire and that’s how I get sidetracked. Skincare, books, routines, trying new ways of doing things. On a relentless merry-go-round of trying to find the “perfect” whatever (and what was I talking about yesterday?) I rarely give any of these things I choose time to show me if they’ll work before I’m off to “oh that looks good – maybe I should be doing/trying that!”. Next thing you know I’m up to my armpits in too many things and I don’t know what to do. Which brings me to the next point.

Choosing paralyzes me. I’m always second guessing my choices. UGH – also a never ending merry-go-round that leads to nowhere. So, I need to actually choose one thing and stick with it long enough to see if it’s going to be something I want to stick with, or if should I try something else.

So, I’m doing that spiritual reading book I mentioned above and that’s all I need to do right now for a Bible study. I love it, I’m learning a lot from it, and I’ll stick with just that. If I want to switch up for Advent or Lent then I can choose one of these other studies instead. Otherwise, “Read Your Way to Heaven” is what I’ll do. I’ve chosen and I’ll stick to that choice.

Now let’s look at some other areas I can apply this to:

1. Skincare – choose a one brand regimen, or pick and choose the basics from different brands, but stick with it at least one month or until it runs out. Barring any negative reactions of course. A sidenote here – it actually takes at least a month to see results from your products so you do need to stick with it.

2. Housekeeping – Should I do Flylady, Sidetracked Home Executive cards, or something else? I’ve got a billion and one books on housekeeping but I’m just paralyzed by trying to choose between them. In the meantime, the house suffers for lack of a plan. Ironic, no?

3. Housecleaning products. I had been using Mrs. Meyers very faithfully until I got sidetracked by a newer brand. It may be time to go back and just use that again instead of product bouncing. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it right?

4. Homeschooling curriculum – oh yeah, for book junkies like me it’s always tempting to buy something new even though what we have is clearly working. For the most part, I’m much better at this now.

5. Planners – Oh yeah – I have an addiction to these things. My very favorite was The Busy Body Book, but they aren’t in print anymore so I’m still trying to find one I really like. I like Erin Condren, but the cost is prohibitive so still searching. This is one of those things where I think a printable sample would be helpful otherwise you’re using a planner that doesn’t work for you for a year.

Okay, obviously, I have a problem so I need to get through to why I do what I do and then make some choices and stick to them. It will free up time, money, and brain space. I’ll keep you posted.

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On March 18, 2018 at 12:59 PM, Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy said:

[…] This whole thing reminds me of my “Do One Thing” post from last year. Guess I need to get back to […]

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