Today’s Navigate the Chaos question is “How often do you remind yourself to take care of your own grass?”
People who navigate the chaos focus on making sure their own grass is green.
Each day they make sure their lawn is properly cared for.
Caring for their lawn is not a once in a while event; it’s a daily occurrence.
As Earl Nightingale, American motivational speaker and author, known as the “Dean of Personal Development” once noted “If the grass is greener on the other side it’s probably getting better care.”
Why is it so hard for us to take care of our own lawn to make sure it is as green as possible? The simple answer is that we put work, family, and other tasks in front of self-care. We don’t think twice before putting self-care on the back burner.
Unfortunately, as Jackson Browne writes in his song Of Missing Persons "Does it take a death to learn what a life is worth?" More often than not, it takes a wake-up call, perhaps a major life event like the death of a loved one, to notice that placing self-care on the back burner simply takes a toll on our lives.
No matter how indulgent or fancy the term may sound, self-care is crucial for our physical, emotional and mental well-being. You shouldn’t neglect self-care
As you end one year and begin another, ask yourself how often you take care of your lawn? Are you so busy thinking that the grass is greener on the other side that you ignore the very lawn in front of you? If so, why are you doing that?
This Navigating the Chaos: Strategies on Personal Growth and Professional Development series is a yearlong daily commitment to help you tend to your own grass.
By increasing your self-awareness, studying how others have navigated the chaos, and reflecting upon your own actions and thoughts, I hope that this series has helped you improve how you care for your grass. As you end this year ask yourself if you would like to continue to care for your grass and make it greener next year as you continue to move forward.
I wish you all the best for a prosperous, healthy, and happy journey along your path to navigating the chaos.