Comments on: Changing your Life with Small, Leveraged Baby Steps

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:47:04 +0000

Thanks, Aly. Emma, I loved your reflections on baby steps. I guess that's the way things happen.
Abreflections–“Pruning makes way for new growth.” What a wonderful reflection. I shall comfort and inspire myself with that when I next declutter.

By: abreflections

abreflections — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:57:42 +0000

Thanks, Anita. This is a great description of both trying to fill in that empty space with things, and moving forward with baby steps. I'm in the midst of decluttering. It's been a metaphor for my life. Things that used to be important are not needed now. Pruning makes way for new growth!

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:20:54 +0000

What an encouragement: thanks Anita – and well done on those 'little' steps…whether with clutter or weight or life. They all add up. x

By: Aly Lewis

Aly Lewis — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:00:18 +0000

Yay for baby steps! That's the way to go.

By: Anita Mathias

Anita Mathias — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:58:51 +0000

Thanks, Miss Mollie, Bob and Donna.
Bob, I love “Today begins with last night.” I must say that to my children, who are also night owls. I also love the hope-filled idea of “put the work in, and it will happen” and the joy in the journey reminder. I get so impatient on the journey.
Hi Donna, and welcome to my blog. Lucky you. Letting go of stuff which might be useful, or has just hung around as part of my life –I wish I had learned that skill earlier!!

By: Donna K. Weaver

Donna K. Weaver — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:48:28 +0000

My dad was career Navy, so we moved around every 2-4 years. The Navy will only move so much stuff, so I learned young how to throw things away. My hubby? Not so much. lol

By: bob

bob — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:12:37 +0000

I have found a couple of things to help with these areas over the years, of which I have many.
Today begins with last night. How I end the day really does set the tone for the next morning. TV is my huge challenge. Why am I staying up late to watch that?

As to the rest, I think of due cluttering, weight loss, etc. as more like a stream flowing quietly rather than Niagara Falls. Put the work in, and it will happen. After all, the joy is also in the journey, so enjoy the journey.

Thanks for the post Anita.

By: Miss Mollie

Miss Mollie — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:08:19 +0000

I love your blogs and this one is so similar to my life, it is scary. I have been doing the small steps for a while, but sometimes I lapse and get into that terrible cycle again. This has been a particularly bad season for me with many distractions and no energy. But as you point out, small baby steps continuing each day. It didn't get that way overnight and it doesn't disappear overnight, either. On the weight side, I've lost 10 pounds since fall. Instead of stress overeating, I lost my appetite. But I'm eating healthily.
I love your book shelves, awesome! I always check out my patients' reading materials when I visit them.