The thing about hard things is they are hard. Unless you’re wired like me. And, then the hard things are easy but the easy things are hard. Negotiate with a used car salesman? Easy. Schedule an appointment with the dermatologist? It has been on my to-do list for at least three years.
Meditate? Fucking impossible. It is literally just sitting there and not doing anything. I’m not even talking about trying to clear my mind. I’m just talking about simply sitting quietly for 10 minutes. Never going to happen. Side note – I finally gave up on trying to be a person who meditates and it was shockingly liberating. Unless I am at Miraval and then meditating just makes sense.
I just completed a 40-day challenge to create new habits. The long and short of it is that you are supposed to pick eight items from a list of 12 and do them every day for forty days. I did all 12 plus I added in an extra one for shits and giggles. Hard things – like not drinking (during day drinking season), walking outside every day (when the weather is either 90 degrees or pouring rain), taking cold showers, and complimenting someone every day while making eye contact. Easy breezy. I even ended the challenge by doing a five-day fast. Effortless.
However, in the corner of my office sit five cardboard boxes waiting for me to break them down and take them to the trash chute. They have been there for a week. That’s a lie. They have been there for three months. The trash chute is fifteen steps from my front door. I’ve counted.
So…as I am looking at my condo and the 3,011 things I need to do in order to organize it, I am trying to find out how I can make such a hard and daunting task easy. Meaning I need to get it all done in one day. And, by one day, I mean four hours.
If you tell someone they have 30 days to clean their room, it will take 30 days. If you tell someone they have three hours to clean their room. It will take three hours.
Humans…a weird bunch.
I have an idea. It is the most insane idea in the history of the universe. An idea for weirdos like me who refuse to do the “easy” things on the to-do list. The things that have been there for months.
The “Do The Damn Thing” Hours
Join me from 4 pm – 8 pm this Friday to see how much shit we can get done. Spicy margs on me if you accept the challenge.
I’m drinking again.