Sound like an affirmation? Well, it is. I know that I am what I think about all day long. This is a lesson I've been reading about for years now, and have actually described in detail to my friend this week who really needs to believe in herself. I desperately need to apply this in my own life, more consistently.
I want to create a comfortable home for myself, with a place for everything and everything in its place (more or less). I understand that it will take a lot of work to accomplish this, but I need to believe in myself and to know that it will happen, in small increments, day by day, if I keep at it. I need to keep at it!! This sounds simple, but it's so easy to get distracted, and to feel overwhelmed and give up. I have been 'ignoring' this problem for most of my life, and have always held a negative self-label about myself because of it. If I can believe that I am not a slob, I am not a hoarder, I am not incapable of maintaining a tidy home, then I can actually begin to change.
Hence the positive affirmation. Yes, I am a student of Louise Hay and Dr. Wayne Dyer. I am completely convinced that this works (in general). If it works, then it will work for me.
I need to start proving this new self-identity to myself by actually being 'tidy and neat' in some small way, every day. By cleaning my dishes every night, and by tackling a bit of the clutter every day. It seems fruitless, in a way, because dirty dishes and new clutter (mail, children's school work, etc.) arrive every day. I really need to be doing more than just keep up with the daily dishes and clutter... but if I could just do a tiny bit extra every day, even for just 15 minutes (this is a FlyLady philosophy; you can do ANYTHING for 15 minutes!), then yes, it will actually get me ahead in this game.
And so, off I go! Think it, and be it. Miss Tidy is on the job!
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