Change One Thing At a Time

Seriously?!? Just Change One Thing at a Time?

I sense the quizzical looks and imagining that you’re trying to figure out what that means. You have way too many things to accomplish to be trying to change one thing at a time. You’re a masterful multi-tasker like me, right?

Just hang tight! I promise that you will see how important it is to change one thing at a time very soon.

Road-Trip Reading

I read a ton…like a lot. Admittedly, my day job as a librarian at an elementary school is one of the reasons I’m such an avid reader. However, I fell in love with the written word LONG before I became a library media specialist.

Because I always have an incredibly long list of books to read, there are times when I opt for an audiobook rather than books with pages.

Just so we’re clear: listening to an audiobook still counts as reading a physical book. I haven’t quite figure out how it’s possible, but whenever I finish a book – whether digital or physical – I have the same smack your lips, {{deep-sigh}}, -that was SO good feeling.

In December of 2022, I finished my road-trip book. I’m not sure why I only read (or listened to) it when I drove out of town, but I did. The book was Girl, Stop Apologizing, by Rachel Hollis.

Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

I’d been reading that book for over a year, but I’d honestly forgotten about it. It’s not that I didn’t take and road trips during that time. It simply slipped my mind. Until this Christmas. i didn’t realize it at the time, but that book was the perfect way for me to end the year.

For a ton of people, including me, the month of December is rather reflective. We celebrate about our successes. We consider missed opportunities. We contemplate our next big steps. We beat ourselves up about our failures. And we start planning our next moves. We make goals or resolutions for the new year and promise ourselves that things will be much better.

That’s what I did the whole time I read/listened to that book. I was actually a bit overwhelmed by everything I wanted to do…until Rachel said three words, “Change one thing.” In short, you can’t do everything at once, so change one thing now. Let that be your focus. When you’ve mastered that thing or you’re ready for more, just add the next thing.

Change One Thing

Those three words breathed life into me, and they made me think about you.

Nearly every day, I talk to someone who isn’t happy with their life the way it is. I’m not saying that everyone is down in the dumps, but I don’t know very many people are 100% okay with thing they way that they are right.

We’re already half way through the first month of the new year, and I would bet all the money in my bank account right now that someone reading this has spoken to someone who vowed to do at least one of the following in 2023:

• Lose weight
• Exercise more
• Eat healthier
• Improve relationships
• Get more rest
• Read more
• Binge less shows
• Drink more water

Can You Relate?

Did you see yourself on that list? If so, you’re not alone.

I know what it’s like to have so many goals and plans that you have no clue how to pull off.

That’s why I’m here. And I’ll tell you what Rachel told me, “Change one thing.”

What’s Your Thing?

So what are you going to change this month? It doesn’t have to be huge, but it should help you move closer to meeting your goal or resolution.

Did you resolve to get more rest? Then get to bed five minutes earlier each night for the next month.

Do you want to drink more water? Place a glass or bottle of water close to your alarm, so you drink 16 ounces as soon as you wake up in the morning.

 Are you trying to fit more exercise into your day? You could split your lunch break in half: eat for the first half and walk either indoor or outdoors for the second half.

I can’t prove it, but I think that if you change one thing at a time, it will give you the push you need to have the best year possible.

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