Taking things one step at a time

I'm a woman. I can multi-task. I think I do it quite well, though I'm prone to taking on too much at a time, over-estimating my capacity. Usually in a bid not to let someone down.

Thing is, I often end up letting people - including myself - down. I can't (or don't) start what I've finished. I make promises I then can't keep. There's a significant part of me that tends towards the Type A personality - quantity over quality - rather than Type B (quality over quantity, but I generalise).

And I do so in my own life. I'm always starting books, starting Bible reading plans, starting things that are supposed to improve me. But I rarely finish them. I can't remember the last time I read a book cover to cover. I've just started The Kite Runner, and intend to finish it.

So, I need to take life slowly. I don't mean slowly as in speed, but slowly as in one step at a time. Methodical. Complete. With quality.

So 2008 is the year to start taking things one step at a time. I've already made a few changes in 2007. I've pared down Facebook, taking off all the things that distract me, removing people who aren't friends - less distractions. I've got rid of my superfluous blogs: from 2008 there will just be this one and my poetry blog (which is very under-inspired at the moment).

So 2008 beckons. And I walk towards it. Slowly. Taking it one step at a time.