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I don't feel like repotting that plant right now.

but I DO feel like taking the
new clay pot out of the bag that it's in

I can do THAT much

the next time I think of repotting the plant,
I am closer to it being done
and I may then feel like getting out the bag of potting soil;
it's just under the sink ....
so maybe I do

the next time I pass by
I might feel like pulling off the rubber band that
is wrapped around the potting soil bag
and putting some soil into the new clay pot ....

then, by the time I think of it again,
it's only a step or two to taking the plant from its old pot
to its new pot .... AND adding water
because now I have momentum,
the momentum of having it all within easy reach

each time I have left myself farther along,
in a better place

New Understanding (for me):
THIS is like reaching for a better feeling thought
if I am in some out-of-the-vortex, not-so-good feeling-vibe,
I don't have the interest/energy/desire
to reach all the way to/for joy
(actually I don't even remember JOY)

what I CAN do is maybe get the one thing that's within reach:
a somewhat better feeling thought

I can do that.

somewhat exaggerated example for effect:
"Life sucks and then you die" could become
life doesn't COMPLETELY suck

then shortly thereafter, when I focus again on my vibe,
I will notice that I am in a better feeling place;
reaching for the next best feeling thought
~I remember a time when life didn't completely suck~
takes me a little closer to where I belong,
where I/we ultimately all really prefer to be,
which I remember, once I'm within reach of it

then, once I get close enough to it,
it becomes an easy reach
BECAUSE of the simple steps I took along the way

I could have forced myself (discipline) to repot the frickin' plant
whether I wanted to or not
although experience has taught me potting soil can end up
strewn all over the floor that way
(not to mention the plant)

I can force myself to reach for joy
but does that ever really work?
maybe the joy flows right through my fingers;
and ends up strewn all over the floor
(not to mention me)

Momentary Interjected Disclaimer (a MID):
that is, unless it turned out I was close enough to joy after all
~sometimes we think we're worse off than we are
(setpoints and all that) ....

hey, it's ALSO a good way for people like me to deal with clutter,
(that is, when I am ready and wanting to free myself of it)

I get a plastic bin and put it near the clutter
maybe I even pull off the lid

later I casually note any commonalities in the clutter
anythings of the same type in there?
notebooks? writing utensils? books?

when I'm ready,
I can pull them out of the clutter and into the plastic bin
I don't have to do it nicely or neatly,
just get them in there

you see,
all of these things are baby steps
one step at a time
steady progress
softly and gently,
no rush at all,
all for me.
and all in the perfect timing.