Epiphanies: new habits and learning

[labelleizzy]

I forget if I've mentioned this before, but I'm remembering again something I've been learning and been having driven home lately.

There are somethings I learn fast. Facts, new words, stuff I read, individual items that can be hooked into my trivia-brain or easily attached to prior knowledge in a chain or network...

However. Yes, however much I have in the past prided myself on my ability to learn, and learn quickly, there are MANY THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE LEARNED SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY. New physical skills (bicycling, yoga, taekwondo, and remember fencing? yeah.). New thinking and concentration skills. New musical skills (yes, those in particular) MUST BE PRACTICED so they STAY.
Practiced SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY, Elizabeth, yes, you have to practice, yes, regularly, yes, it has to be a habit, yes you can do it, you need to develop the positive habits. *pats self on shoulder* You've done it before, remember how good that felt? Go find that feeling again.

Also, there are many things that cannot be simply done ONCE and then you're DONE with them.
*sigh*
No matter how many times I wash the pans that are sitting in the sink, there will be more.
Ditto laundry, ditto sweeping the floor, ditto taking out the trash, scooping the litterboxes...
Yeah, I KNOW you just DID them, they need to be done AGAIN.
*rubs eyes wearily*

Again, with regular habits built a bit at a time, huge stuff can get done. Make your habits your servants... I think that's a Franklin-Covey philosophy or quote, Habit is an excellent servant but a poor master...

*goes to look up the quote*

Comments

[satyrlovesong.livejournal.com]

I don't know if this will help for you, but I've found that it takes me EXACTLY as long to load up the dishwasher as it does for my coffee pot to brew me a cup of coffee. I can put the coffee in the filter and push start, pull on my gloves, and by the time I've put the dish soap in and hit "start", my coffee is ready. It makes doing dishes a little more palatable, knowing that I'm doing something productive rather than just puttering about waiting for the coffee to finish.

[satyrlovesong.livejournal.com]

On a completely side note, while I love the rich colours in your palette, I think it's time for a change to something a little more bright and cheery.

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

palette? do you mean the homepage profile colors?

those will stay till Halloween, (mua ha hah) and then, some nice autumnal or early winter colors.

[satyrlovesong.livejournal.com]

Oh excellent. The sideboard colour is actually my favorite colour in the world, but the colour scheme is a little hard to read.

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

agree on the hard to read part.
hmm. there were several "bat themes"... lemme play around.