little by little

One of my dear sister-in-laws reminded me of a very important perspective the other day.

So often in life, we look at where we are and where we want to be and they seem so far away from each other.

A thousand projects that need to be done around the house.

Getting the kids' chore list complete and having them follow through on it regularly. (Ha!)

Working to get my body in better shape.

Transforming the food choices in our house to be completely healthy.

Staying on top of the housework. That laundry pile never seems to get smaller.

And sometimes looking at where you are trying to get to, while you are standing where you are, you almost feel like giving up before you've even started. It feels impossible. Whatever you might do will barely make a dent in it all. Why even get started?

But my sister-in-law reminded me that it's okay to take small steps to get where you are going. It's something I've always said in CrossFit training: something is always better than nothing. Any kind of movement is always better than sitting on the couch. 

And it translates into other areas of life as well. Anything you do to reach your goal is better than not doing anything at all. Eventually, all your little steps will add up and instead of looking forward to where you still have to go, you'll be able to look back and see just how far you've already come.

KC