Want to know the secret? Here it is right up front.
“It’s not what you’re doing; it’s the energy behind it.” From Allie Casazza.
Here’s what this means.
- It means you meal plan out of a desire to save yourself the 5pm what’s for dinner stress, not because you have to create picture-perfect meals every day.
- It means you keep to a daily schedule for your kids if they thrive on consistency, not because you feel like you can never deviate from your perfect schedule.
- It means you run through your handful of chores for the day not because you’re the unpaid housekeeper, but because you genuinely enjoy living in a space that’s swept and clean.
It’s all in *how* you’re choosing to think about each and every item on your to-do list, not actually *what* it is.
Because listen – you’re going to huff and grouse and grump while doing the dishes every night if it comes from an attitude of “I’m the drudge and this is never going to change.”
But if you change that mindset behind it to “I love waking up to clean dishes in the morning”? Then suddenly your chore doesn’t seem so onerous.
(Funny how that works.)
“It’s not what you’re doing; it’s the energy behind it.”
Allie Casazza
So what are you choosing to do in your day-to-day, and how are you approaching it?
Let’s pull out your to-do list here. Is it a have to, or a want to?
Take another look. A should, or a love?
Go through your entire task list this way, and I bet you’ll be surprised at which chores or projects you’ve been avoiding not because you dislike them that much, but because you have a bad mental energy towards them.
That’s your homework for today – journal out the *right* way to view each task on that list, and start applying that “change your thinking, not your chores” mindset to your to-do list for this evening.
See what changes for you.
Because yes, your emotions are important – and they’re being driven by your thoughts.
So let’s change your thoughts first – about anything that’s on your “must get done list” – and you’re practically guaranteed to succeed.
Got it?
