I've really been pondering that Flylady email I referenced earlier about sidetracked people being perfectionists. I knew I was a perfectionist (it's Virgo by nature), but I didn't realize that one of the reasons I get so sidetracked and off task is because of it.
The point really hit me when I was at work today while cleaning and labeling the DVD cases that store the data backups I do everyday. After I spent five minutes trying to get hard tape residue off of a DVD case when there were piles of stuff everywhere that I needed to file, the point of it hit me. I looked at the stack of DVD cases I had in front of me and realized about 80% of them had this same residue on them. Was I really going to expend that much energy on something like that when the residue had no effect whatsoever on the case's ability to hold a burned DVD. Really, who cares about a little bit of tape residue on the DVD case? I'm sure I am the only one who even noticed it.
It was hard, but I let it go. I'm sure that every time I see one in the rack, I'm going to be tempted to try to clean it, but I must resist.
The point really hit me when I was at work today while cleaning and labeling the DVD cases that store the data backups I do everyday. After I spent five minutes trying to get hard tape residue off of a DVD case when there were piles of stuff everywhere that I needed to file, the point of it hit me. I looked at the stack of DVD cases I had in front of me and realized about 80% of them had this same residue on them. Was I really going to expend that much energy on something like that when the residue had no effect whatsoever on the case's ability to hold a burned DVD. Really, who cares about a little bit of tape residue on the DVD case? I'm sure I am the only one who even noticed it.
It was hard, but I let it go. I'm sure that every time I see one in the rack, I'm going to be tempted to try to clean it, but I must resist.
Name: LaDonna
