EPIC Fail!!!

Okay, so my 31-Day Facebook Challenge has been an EPIC Fail. I got all the way to Day 16 and I fumbled because the picture I want to use is not scanned onto my computer. Since I didn't have time to scan, I just stopped doing it. Instead of skipping to the next day until I could get the picture scanned, I just stopped.

This was funny to me because I was recently having a discussion with Lauren about how I am not very good with lists. I told her the reason I don't write to-do lists anymore is because my OCD kicks into high gear and I start freaking out until I can get things done and totally crossed off my list. A list to me means it must be done before I can move on to something else.

Well, I apparently applied this logic to the list of photos we were supposed to post. Rather thank skipping one to make more progress, I just stopped. What an EPIC Fail.

...although I will say, this was a great opportunity to reflect on how I handle things.
LIFE's LESSONS... Gotta love 'em!

Just start living, that's the next thing on my list...

Recently, I started doing this 31-Day Challenge on Facebook - where you have to post a photo with a theme for every day. Day 7 was supposed to be a picture of your most treasured item... My items were symbolic of my most important relationships.

On Facebook I posted that my wedding ring and The Bible were most important to me because they were symbolic of the fact that ultimately my relationship with God and my relationship with my husband is the most important thing.

Well, today I was cleaning and had a playlist going on my iPod. The song "Next Thing on My List" by Toby Keith came on... and the lyrics really got to me. I was busy cleaning because I did not spend much time over Thanksgiving working on that - and it was stressing me out. I had spent entirely too much time working on Rockin' Spade things and not enough time getting house work done and spending time with my husband, which is really what a break is all about.

It would be ideal to live like the lyrics: "Raise a little hell, laugh til it hurts, put an extra five in the plate at church, call my folks just to chat, it's time that I make time for that. Stay up late and oversleep, show (him) what he means to me. Catch up on all the things I've missed, just start living that's the next thing on my list."

I'm not saying that I want to let Rockin' Spade diminish - but I just need to keep my goals in check from time to time. Another line of the lyrics that I loved said "I won't break my back for a million bucks that I can't take to my grave, so why put off tomorrow what I can get done today... like go for a walk, say a little prayer....."

Just a fabulous song. It moved me a stirred some emotion and much needed re-prioritizing. Thank you, Toby Keith! haha