As some of you know, I have not been having a wonderful few weeks. My issues are parti-colored and diverse, and I have more of them than National Geographic. And...I'm really not up for discussing them
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My coach goes by the 15-minute rule, and I find it works. Any project that's too big or ugly to contemplate, just set the alarm and do 15 minutes of it. I can get the house clean that way.
You can also train yourself to do one extra thing a day, like makeup. I have this on personal authority. ;-) It takes some doing, sure, but it's sort of a perpetual motion machine of positive reinforcement. 1. I'll do this so I don't feel like such a jerk. 2. That was pretty easy, and I look good. 3. I want to look good today, because I feel better when I do.
If you can afford it, and if you live where these things are available, why not take a basic cooking class? You'd be there with other people, with someone showing you the correct techniques. It's a lot easier than you think, once you know what the instructions actually mean!
If you can't afford it, try those tiny little Martha Stewart food magazines at the supermarket checkout: they're all about the easy, and they're tasty too.
Or go to your library and look for a cookbook with good pictures and explanations of basic techniques, and work from that.
You can also train yourself to do one extra thing a day, like makeup. I have this on personal authority. ;-) It takes some doing, sure, but it's sort of a perpetual motion machine of positive reinforcement. 1. I'll do this so I don't feel like such a jerk. 2. That was pretty easy, and I look good. 3. I want to look good today, because I feel better when I do.
If you can afford it, and if you live where these things are available, why not take a basic cooking class? You'd be there with other people, with someone showing you the correct techniques. It's a lot easier than you think, once you know what the instructions actually mean!
If you can't afford it, try those tiny little Martha Stewart food magazines at the supermarket checkout: they're all about the easy, and they're tasty too.
Or go to your library and look for a cookbook with good pictures and explanations of basic techniques, and work from that.
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Yeah, 15 minutes seems doable, definitely.
I think I *might* be able to manage that. ;)
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