The transition from Grandpa Gary, carpenter, and back to Life Long Learner, Mr. Public Speaker GC Smith,
Transformational Goal developer, and trainer has taken a full week. It was a fun week coming home to Raleen, the gardens, resting and recapping since the latest TG workshop and the blistering pace of building the deck and playing with the grandkids at Zane and Leslie’s home.
I am not without new projects.
It seemed like a good time to harvest the compost, nice mindless physical work with metaphoric transformative implications, creating fertilizer. I got a gig being the announcer for a fund-raising softball game. I get to play without getting hurt, assume a new role as the color man with humor, and keep the
purpose of the event in mind, which is to create scholarship funds.
However, the discipline to write to Cure Seriousitis™ escaped me yesterday so I call on my SMARTER Goals methods and ask; How to get my discipline and energy back?
Ask for help.
Pray to the universe or multi-verse. Send a letter to the universe asking for support, no postage required. Ask your significant other, your coach, your buddy, for help. Be sure to have your positive intent and feel the positive intent of the other person before asking. Like the ‘Little Train that Could,’ believe I can.
Laugh at the absurdity.
I am breathing, moving, eating, enjoying, so laugh at being alive. I have a cornucopia of energy.
Think gradient.
Start with a little project like putting away the dishes to feel the intent to clear and organize the space. Gain some momentum and be gentle. Put down the self-debasing hammer. Discipline is built by doing a good, even great job.
Be Grateful.
I thanked my wife for turning on the dishwasher. Remember nothing changes till you are Grateful for it. Acknowledge what the ‘as is, is’, then use the thank you prayer. Pay attention to what you have, not what you don’t have. I have the time to rest and enjoy being home.
Show Gumption.
Decide to make a call I have resisted. Get off the couch and do something, even if it’s just being OK doing nothing. Life is often a contradiction, specifically between something and nothing when anything will do.
Create goals.
Get SMARTER by getting gradient and feeling good. Accept and acknowledge my outcomes. After a recap on the workshop, the carpentry, and being home I have a new insight into what I believe to be bad; Grandpa Gary believes bad is when you take the toys, tools, or balls so that others can’t play. Fodder for a new Curing Seriousitis™ message.
Thanks for reading. Share and enjoy. I got my discipline.
