Peace of Mind Organizing

It should be easy

7 May 2009

In working with my life coach, Shannon Wilkinson, I’ve discovered that my driving force is ease. I like things to be easy. That’s why I love living in St. Louis, where the living is easy (recent highway closures notwithstanding) and didn’t like living in New York City, where the hassle factor is high. Ease trumps excitement in my book.

Today, I was fighting back feeling overwhelmed and felt like my creative juices were all clotted up. I needed to do some planning, some brainstorming and nothing was coming out of my head. So, naturally, I decided to take a shower.

As I stepping into the shower, the wise words of super coach Michael Neill came to my mind. “Why is it so hard to let it be easy?” I’ve taken training with Michael, read his books, listened to his radio show, You Can Have What You Want on Hay House Radio and have heard him say those words many times. Why I don’t think of them more often, I don’t know.

As I stood in the warm shower, I felt my creative juices starting to flow as freely as the water. I realized that the tasks I had ahead of me were simple ones. I had just imagined them to be difficult. So I got out of the shower, got dressed, sat down at my computer and started working.

Two things on my list are now completed. I’m prepared for the first class of the May Session of Declutter Happy Hour, which starts in just two hours. This blog post is written. There are more time-sensitive tasks to do (and plenty that aren’t time sensitive), but I know it will all get done.

Life’s starting to glide along again, as if coated in silicone. I don’t know why I let life get frustrating when all I need to do is let it be easy.

Tagged with: declutter happy hour, michael neill, productivity, shannon wilkinson

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