Kitchen drawer thinking

If you don't have clear thinking, then your thoughts are like that kitchen drawer. Full of bits and pieces and stuff you might get around to needing one day. We fill our minds with rubbish and day to day detritus and then wonder why we can't remember things and why we have trouble focusing on what is really important.

If you took your kitchen drawer and dumped the contents on the floor - and tried to find something specific - you would have to sift through everything and it takes time. But if you put things away properly of course you will have no trouble finding what you need - WHEN you need it.

How can you do that with thoughts?

Well it is a 2-step process.

1. Focus on what is important to you. If you had to tell me what your major goal for 2010 is - would you be able to? Would it be a detailed explanation of what / where / who / when by oh and did I tell you .... or would it be a vague - Oh I'm just focusing on making some changes..... I have to say - if your answer to that question is vague, you will soon suffer from the kitchen drawer thinking 
2. Don't fill your mind with things that do not matter - Endless television, drive time radio and people who insist on telling you all about their latest escapades - it just muddies your thinking.

So, get out your goal list - yes that scrubby bit of paper - take a good look at it again - is it full of details? Or is it a vague "I wish things could be different" kind of list...

But as I told a friend of mine, don't limit your thinking either.... when you are working out what you want - a word of advice - ALWAYS ADD "This or something better please" after all - we don't know what we are truly capable of. But if we put an upper limit on what we say we want, then guess what - we won't try and surpass that. But if we say "I think this is a reasonable target, but I'm open to suggestions - so this or something better please and thank you."

Oh and whilst we are on the subject of kitchen drawers - when was the last time you cleaned yours out?