Seeing the positive side of things

I had a revelation on the way to work this morning.  I've known for a long time that lots of little things together can make one big thing but I've always thought of this in a negative context; lots of little niggles becoming one huge annoyance or lots of little jobs becoming one giant overwhelming project.  This morning I realised that it can be a positive thing too; lots of little things going right can result in a good day or lots of people doing one good deed can make a big difference.  Lots of little steps in the right direction add up to bigger parts of the journey.

I have several big tasks on my agenda at the moment.  Big to me anyway.  The sum total of these is so daunting I've been putting things off for a long time.  It's time to break it into their individual parts.  Some of them are still overwhelming so I have to break them down again.  And again if necessary.  Breaking things down into chunks I can manage and achieve is the key to approaching them.

You know when you open a packet of biscuits with the intention of just eating one or two?  Then just one more... and before you know it the whole packet is gone?  That's how I'm approaching this.  Just one more little task, one more piece of the puzzle (which is a theme for a future blog post) and soon things will be done.  I guess you wouldn't try and eat an 8oz steak in one mouthful... you'd cut it into bitesize pieces.  2 litres of water is a lot to drink in one go but 8 glasses throughout the day isn't so bad.

I had a text conversation with a former colleague today and it made me realise I've come quite a long way in the past 8 or 9 months.  I think looking back is ok if you're using it to gauge how far you've come.  I've said before about not regretting things that haven't gone well; I went through an entire thought process today about things that had happened to bring me to where I am today. And I can't regret any of it because I'm (mostly!) happy with where I am.

This blog is just my thoughts.  Together I hope they make some sort of coherent sense.  But if they don't, it doesn't really matter.  What DOES matter is that I can see the progression in my own thoughts and actions and that can only make me a better person.