True or false. There's never enough time during the day. Trick question! The answer varies due to each person's perspective. Every person determines on their own, whether that statement is a truth or a lie. It's soley based on the way they manage their day-to-day life. Let me explain. Last Friday on my lunch break I caught myself eating Popeyes, texting 3 different contacts on my phone, listening to The Minimalists' podcast on my mp3 player and trying to think of all I had left to do once I clocked back in at work. I know, I know, multi-tasking at its finest, right? No one forced me to do all of these different things, all at once. Sadly, we create most of our own problems. Usually, our intentions are good and our hearts are in the right place, but we fail in the overall execution. By trying to accomplish many, we miss out on the very reason we are choosing to do the things we do. We are robbing ourselves of the small, simple pleasures and joys life has...
It's 21 degrees outside today in the great state of Oklahoma and guess what? I just went for a two-mile walk! I spent most of my day inside sitting in front of the living room heater, trying to come up with ideas of things I could do since I didn't have to work. Throughout the day, I probably came up with at least ten different activities I could do, but each time, I used the cold weather as an excuse not to. Finally, after almost six hours going back and forth with myself (I can be horribly indecisive at times) I came across a quote that hit me pretty hard... "Obstacles don't stop you. Problems don't stop you. Other people don't stop you. The only thing that stops you is YOURSELF." Although I was disappointed and letdown, I was more inspired and determined to take the bull by the horns. So I changed into a long sleeve shirt, grabbed my beanie and a pair of gloves, threw on my thickly insulated hoodie and headed out the door. I was not going t...