Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Stop/Start

January 7, 2020

I was thinking today about…something…and realized that what I really need to do is this: STOP (insert something you need to stop doing) and START (insert the opposite of this or something that is better than the stop thing). Let me give an example:

STOP – drinking soda and START drinking more water

I’ve seen this around the internet as more/less but I think stop/start is more concrete. It’s a good way to get rid of bad habits and change my behavior for the better.

This is kind of like the little habits I added in last year. One of them was every time I go past a certain gas station I check the gas level in the car. Another was not leaving dirty dishes in the sink – get them rinsed and moved to the dishwasher. And they stuck. I need to use this power, if you will, to make other changes. I think the stop/start thing might do just that.

I’m going to end with a quote I saw in a magazine that kind of underpins this changing: Stop wishing for it and start working for it. How many times do we say “I wish” but never do anything to actually get towards that change we want? Too many. SO, time to stop what’s not working for us and time to start making changes to move us to what will. I’m in.

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