Self Care Monday-Yes And

 A month or so ago, I read an article on why resumes go into the yes or no pile. Several of the reasons were truly arbitrary such as "Lives too far", as if the resume reader had the right to judge that. The author suggested a "Yes, and...?" approach to sorting these resumes.

I wish I could remember anything else about this article, but that's what stuck with me most. Yes, and?

Yes, and...what? 

It's become my mantra for these last weeks. I need to write this chapter. Yes, and? Well, I guess I better sit down and write!

It's amazing how easy it is to change your mindset with a simple question: Yes, and...

Next time you grumble about something (job, laundry, whatever) ask yourself, yes, and? and see what happens.

I hate doing laundry. Yes, and? I don't want to toss in another load. Yes, and? I won't. Yes, and? If I don't clean my clothes, I won't have clean underwear. 

Obviously that's a simplistic approach, but it's gotten me to clean my kitchen counters of all the containers I've been meaning to put away for 2 months, bag up a crap ton of clothes to give away, and made me sit down and take time to watch a TV show I've been meaning to for months. Hmm, closer to a year now.