All in a Day, the 2-minute rule.

Have you ever really thought about how much can be accomplished in just a day? It can be quite a lot, actually, and for the most part it happens without seeming to think about it. Errands here and there, work, meals, phone calls, being there for a friend, taking the dog for a walk. The list goes on. And, the thoughts we have around what we do before we do it. It's said we have an incredible number of thoughts each day, something like 4,000 . . . . or 40,000 . . . or some number equally as unreal. Who figured that out? Anyway, that said, from the big to the small we can do a lot in a day. Or, we can let the day slip by. A day never to come again. A well-organized Type-A friend of mine has a 2-minute rule. If you can do something in 2 minutes or less, do it now so you don't have to come back to it later. He's quite efficient, sickeningly so sometimes. But, he gets a lot done and he is upbeat about it. He welcomes challenges and "things to do." I do, too . . . including taking time to savor the things I've done.

What about you?

Labor and the Steps of Recovery

Happy Labor Day!!

For many this is just a paid day off work, a time to spend with families, a bidding fond farewell to summer at a BBQ gathering, the welcome relief that is just around the corner as the kids return to school. For others, the day is infused with the meaning of Labor Day, a day first celebrated in New York in 1882 to recognize the contributions laborers have made to the strength and well-being of this country.

Perhaps we should create a day to honor the steps of recovery? They have many similarities to this day, do they not? We "work" them, some might say we labor over them profusely much to a complaining sponsee's shigrin and a frustrated sponsor's delight. They provide us, our families, the community at large strength and well-being, don't they? But, are they something we really want to celebrate for only one day? Perhaps not. Perhaps celebrating them every day, one day at a time would be more fitting.

Your thoughts??