Are you getting "Caught Up" with everything that you are behind on?

I got up this morning and went straight to my morning routine as I always do on weekdays. Rolled out of bed  - hair standing up as if I performed some type of rock concert in my sleep the night before, said my good mornings to the toilet bowl,  sleepwalked my way to the kitchen to make my husbands lunch for the day, fed the cat and then finally poured myself a cup of coffee... and began thinking about my day ahead.

And I think to myself...Today I've got to get caught up on this.. and then this. Pay this bill before the end of the day and sell enough of these because I am behind on that bill too....I haven't even been up for an hour and my head is spinning. I start following my NEW morning routine thinking about all of the things I am behind on and how I will get caught up.

But this morning was different.....

I heard a tiny voice inside myself saying
"ENOUGH!... what would happen if you began to focus on being ahead of things, instead of behind on them?"

And then I wonder how I got to this point.

How did I get to the point in my life, where I am so far behind on everything that I wake every morning thinking about all of the things that I need to get caught up on? I do not know the answer to that...It's been so long now - and I've even managed to invite my friends and family to the let's get Michelle caught up party!

In my weekly success driven group...I talk about what I am behind on and what I am going to do to get caught up...I ask my friends and family "What's wrong with me?" and they gladly tell me all of the thing that the think I can fix about myself. (then of course I get pissed at them for thinking they can tell me what to do...lol). I search online for advice and am directed to write a list of everything that I am behind on and "Chunk it down" to bite sized pieces so I can get caught up. Yeah, I'll do that. Now I can look at the long list of everything that I have fallen behind on! Great!

And yet, I am still behind. Behind on my projects... Behind on my housework... Behind on my callbacks... Behind on paying my bills....
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What would happen if I began to focus on being ahead of things, instead of behind on them?

And what could I put in place to help me get to the point where every morning I am thinking about what I am going to do next? So, I am going to start small, because let's face it - if I decided today to begin telling myself that I am ahead of things... that would be a lie and my subconscious would reject it like the plague! 

I'm sure that the chain of events that brought me to this point stated small as well. Perhaps with one little thing that I needed to get caught up with... by focusing mainly on that one thing, I could have easily tricked my brain into looking for everything that I was behind on to cause a snowball effect of constantly being behind.

Starting today, I will make it a point to tell myself that I am one step closer to having things done, AHEAD OF TIME!

This will re-train mt brain to look for the things that I have completed and focus on completion so that this new thought can snowball into always being ahead of schedule with things...
Ahead on my projects...
Ahead on my housework...
Ahead on my callbacks...
and ahead on my bills....

I made myself this affirmation. In fact, I made several of them to hang around my home so that they are the first new thoughts to start my day. One is beside my bed. one is in the bathroom.  One is on the refrigerator and  one is hung above my coffee pot!

I think it's already working....because today I am ahead on my blog-post for the week!

Thanks for listening and be well!

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What will you do today to shift your focus towards a more productive and positive outcome in your life? 

Share your thoughts and comments below - I'd love to hear them!