Weeding Out

I love to garden so I find this time of year a bit sad. 

Although many of my plants and bushes have turned into pretty shades of brown, yellow, orange, and rust color, it still is upsetting that winter will soon be here. 

I also can’t stand pulling out my vegetable plants that are all scraggly after the first frost has happened especially when they produced such delicious vegetables all summer.

Now that my thoughts and energy are focused more on the inside of my house, I have been giving serious consideration into what I can weed out there. 

Besides all the paperwork that can be tossed, I am thinking about what other things do not have a place anymore.

As an example, do I really need more than a dozen everyday glasses or 20 cat figurines of cats? 

Ok – I am exaggerating a bit or am I being blind to all this stuff?

In the book, Essentialism – The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, bestselling author Greg McKeown addresses not only physical things that clog up our lives but more importantly the way we spend our time which can also bog us down if not managed effectively. 

The first chapter really spells out the reasons why we think we can “have it all” which as he states is a myth that has been around for way too long.

Part of it is social pressure but aren’t we the ones who let that pressure affect us? 

This is not just about items to buy, vacations to go on, and restaurants to try but it is unfortunately also others who feel the need to voice their unsolicited opinions on a course of action we may want to pursue, such as ways to exercise, invest, relax, etc.

This happens not only in our personal lives, but it also occurs in the workplace.  

I have heard many times from leaders that when they have finished a report or presentation, their well-meaning boss or colleague “makes a suggestion” and now they question what they have produced. 

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