Do accomplishments matter?

How does a person get back on track when things, when life, when love, gets crazy? There are times when it feels like there's never an end to the things that need to be done, and never enough time for the things I want to do. Is it all a matter of choices? Making sure we choose wisely?

And at the end of a day, is it the accomplishments that really matter?

Every now and then, I receive emails that really strike me. And the one yesterday was about tossing productivity aside. By that, I think it was about "less is more". Does it really matter if you accomplish a list of ten items in your day, and hated doing them all? What if you didn't work so hard at getting everything done, did fewer things, but enjoyed them more? The suggestion was to work hard, then take a break for yourself to get those tedious things done-- let's face it, we all have things we don't like to do, but they need to get done anyways. (For me, its loading the dishwasher. Yeah, it only takes like five minutes, but I dislike taking the time to do it!)

I'm all about the accomplishment list at the end of the day so that I know if it was a good day or not. I'm sure at my age, that won't change a whole lot. But I'm learning to let go, procrastinate just a little more, in order to choose things that I enjoy, and mixing those into my days.

From ZenHabits, here's my favorite quote:

Life where you’re always doing something you love is art.

So make time in each day to do something you love.
You will reap the benefits!

Accomplished HUGS to everyone!

Clothes Make the Man

Here at my BigBox Store, we have Loss Prevention folks who walk the floor, looking for shoplifters along with safety issues and such. One of the things our LP guy does is dress to blend in: most often, jean, tee shirt and ball cap do the trick. To look at him, well, you wouldn't look twice, thinking he's an employee of the store. He looks more like an "average Joe customer".

Recently, he took another position, and of course, is required to dress the part. Today, he came in wearing a button down dress shirt, his cuffs rolled up his forearm, dress slacks, snazzy shoes --- Ohhh Myyyy what a handsome picture he made! The girls were sure enjoying it --- me included!!

So... just a reminder, gals, don't judge a book by its cover. Dressed up, he may just be the next... "best seller"!

HUGS to everyone!

PS: Hey M--- looking good! *winks* and good luck on your new position :)