Focusing on Daily Endeavors

One of my goals this year is to go through the book, Simple Abundance, by Sarah Ban Breathnach as she intended her readers to go through it. I have had this book for many years and have managed to read it on a sporadic basis.

Why do I want to do it this year? My goal is to simplify my life. Get rid of things, do more with less – this may mean I have less things to clutter my house, attic, and thus – less to dust!

Yesterday’s reading was excellent advice on restoring serenity to our daily endeavors. Sarah tells a brief story about a woman who begins to brush her teeth, only to spot her unmade bed out of the corner of her eye. So – she starts to make her bed while foaming at the mouth because she starts another task before finishing the first one! Do you find that you do this?

Women are often excellent multi-taskers – especially if you have been a mom. Bouncing a baby on one hip, fixing dinner with the other, while herding the other kids or talking to the husband. Phew! I remember those days and I appreciate the fact that I could do this when young.

I know now, that things really do need my full attention and then some in order to excellent, quality work or give someone my full attention.

My goal? To recover my sanity (okay, this may be a lost cause), complete one task at a time, concentrate slowly on each task, and gain an inner peace and serenity.

Sarah states that you will, indeed, “accomplish all you set out to do and need to do with much more ease, efficiency, pleasure, and satisfaction when you merge mind, body, and spirit with the task at had.”

Best of all? Serenity here I come!