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Monday Motivation - Sometimes You Just Have to Lower Your Expectations

Monday MotivationNormally by this time on a Monday I have already made my to-do list and have posted both my Monday Motivation and my Menu Plan Monday posts, but not today. This past weekend was consumed by a gymnastics meet that the club I teach at was hosting (we rocked, by the way - yeah) and then this morning I helped serve a Thanksgiving Feast to more than 100 cutie-patootie Kindergartners at my kids’ school. And I now have less than two hours before I go get the kids from school and head to the gym for gymnastics practice.

Somedays you just have to lower your expectations in order to get anything accomplished. Rather than posting a huge long list of tasks I need to do, I will just pick a few that I know I can handle and then I will cut myself some slack. Afterall, as Wendy says today in her MM post, “this is why I work from home.” The flexibility is the best part.

Today I will:

  • Post my Menu Plan for the week
  • Catch up on some emails
  • Get a few loads of laundry done
  • Email my clients and wish them a Happy Thanksgiving and let them know that I will be taking a few days off

As for the rest of the week - I am going to try to get a few posts ready to automatically post later, get ready to host Thanksgiving dinner, and get caught up on a few things around the house.

How about you? What are your goals for the week? Are you mentally ready for the holidays or no?  Share it in the comments, or be bold and put it on your own site for all the world to read. (Just like WAH(web)Mommy has done)

3 Comments »

  Wendy Piersall wrote @ November 19th, 2007 at 3:11 pm

ROFL on the headline - certainly gets to the point, and will make for a really fun week! ;)

  Char wrote @ November 19th, 2007 at 3:17 pm

Wendy - some days you just have to be blunt! ;-) I’m beginning to think my list is too long already. Let’s just write today off totally…

  WAH(web)Mommy wrote @ November 19th, 2007 at 7:24 pm

LOL, I love the headline too! I think it’s better to lower your expectations from the get go… and if you accomplish more, then GREAT! More motivational than to fill your plate up too much and not be able to finish it all. That can be pretty disappointing!

That’s a good point about notifying clients of upcoming time off. I’ve done that with one client that specifically asked (a few months ago) if I had any vacation plans. I haven’t told anyone else of upcoming time off for the holidays, but that would probably be a good idea.

How much notice do you generally give your clients if you’re going to be taking some time off?

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