Patient: “Hey, Doc! It hurts when I do this.”
Doctor: “Then DON’T DO THAT!”
– Weekly exchange on the ol’ TV show, “Hee Haw” (reprised from a 2012 post)
It’s that time of year, when so many do that thing they shouldn’t do — make New Year Resolutions.
So, let’s try a different angle. Create a 2015 Not-To-Do List!
(Editor’s Note: This concept has been blatantly but, with credit, stolen from Rick Warren’s “Daily Hope” newsletter (available at www.purposedriven.com), and which I highly recommend).
Instead of picking 3, 5, 8 or 10 things we won’t do but should, let’s pick a few things that we already do but know we shouldn’t do – and then stop doing them. It will be much easier than adopting a whole new habit, routine or commitment, and it’s likely to show even earlier and more permanent benefits.
Hmmmm, you’re wondering. “But, where to start?”
2015 THINGS NOT-TO-DO
1) “Reply all.” Almost never a good idea, nor is the “bcc” option.
2) E-mailing or texting instead of just picking up the phone or walking down the hall and having a conversation.
3) Worrying. (It just serves no purpose whatsoever in any instance.)
4) Trying to control that which we cannot. (First, it leads to worry. Second, it leads to failure. Blech!)
Let’s trick the system. Let’s decide not to do something, and then use that time to make a difference, instead!
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