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| Can I have Alice, PLEASE?! |
I have certainly begun a new chapter in my life…I have taken
a greatly reduced role in the ministry work I have worked in for the last 9
years, I am working a full time job at a community college, and now I am also a
very part time student with a husband who travels 50% of the time and despite
all his hard work, layoffs are coming down the pike.
What I want…I want to be independently wealthy without a
care in the world. I want to sleep until noon, have a housekeeper named Alice
who will take care of me and my family, I want to already have my Master’s
degree instead of working on my Associate’s! I want to wake up tomorrow and be
completely fit and be able to eat whatever on this planet I crave!
However, that is not my reality.
My situation demands something completely different than
what my mind wants. What does my situation demand? It demands frugal living, time management, dietary discretion, organization and a drive to succeed.
These are not wants…these are not idle “I wish” things –
these are demands that I must fulfill. But, my mind falls back into its whiny
brat mode and stomps its feet to have its way. Pitches a little hissy fit –
Jeesh, my mind can be such a PAIN!
If I let my bratty brain have its own way….I shudder to
think!
“Let us train our minds to desire what the situation
demands.”
How on earth do I go about this? Buy (NO – borrow from the library)
a self-help book? Search internet blogs with tips and suggestions? Rejoin
FlyLady (that is actually a REALLY good idea!) and take baby-steps to getting
my brain trained?
I know that with each baby-step I take towards training my
bratty brain, my heart will desire the results and that will help train my mind
even more.
I really don’t want to make myself out to seem like this
lazy, unmotivated person – because in reality, I’m not. I have a strong work
ethic, a drive and determination to move forward with my life, a hunger to
learn and have a happy family life. So…in essence my mind is already trained to some extent, I just have bratty brain moments.
Sometimes, it is just hard to see the forest for the trees
when I am in the thick of it and simply want to take a break from the world for
a moment.
“Let us train our minds to desire what the situation
demands.”
So, bratty brain…you’ve had your hissy fit for the night and
it’s time to head to bed!
Live, Laugh, Love ~
Vanilla Mama
PS – I NEED to train my brain to buy lottery tickets, I
think the situation demands it (but, I guess it doesn’t count as being frugal –
sigh!)!
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