118-One Major Thing To Do During This Time

<p style="text-align: center;"><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">One Major Thing To Do During This Time</span></h1> <p>This thought has impacted me a great deal recently. Am I doing all the important things that I need to do right now? This is a particularly challenging time. It’s full of uncertainty and restrictions. Both can be a big distraction from what is important.</p> <h3>During uncertainty</h3> <ul> <li>We don’t know the future.</li> <li>We don’t know changes coming our way.</li> <li>None of us have ever been in times like this before.</li> </ul> <h3><br /> During restrictions</h3> <ul> <li>There are many things you can’t do.</li> <li>There are even more things aren’t smart for us to do and we should refrain from doing.</li> <li>Our daily lives, schedules, and habits are radically different.<br /> <br /></li> </ul> <h3>What Can We Do?</h3> <h2 style="text-align: center;">We can focus on what we can do for what’s important to us.</h2> <p>Our focus is one of the first things to go when we get distracted. I'll admit that the uncertainty and restrictions we are face are big things. They don't have to rob us of doing our best for what is important in our lives, though.</p> <h3> </h3> <h3>What is important to me?</h3> <p>These are a few of the big things important to me. The current times haven't changed what's important. Yet, </p> <ul> <li> <h4>Family</h4> </li> <li> <h4>Health</h4> </li> <li> <h4>Mindset</h4> </li> <li> <h4>Helping</h4> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3>What I am doing.</h3> <p>Here are two ways I'm focusing back on what's really important to me. </p> <p> </p> <ul> <li> <h4>Shift thinking</h4> <ul> <li> <h4>Trying to enjoy the simple things</h4> </li> <li> <h4>I tell myself the things I need to hear.</h4> </li> <li> <h4>Be present in the current moment. </h4> </li> <li> <h4>Be positive, especially when it doesn't come naturally. </h4> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li> <h4>Build habits</h4> <ul> <li> <h4>Start with a tiny change or action.