You know who they are. They come to your mind from time to time. You get the nudge to call, write, or contact them in some way. But you don’t, and before long the guilt of not getting in touch weighs you down and makes it even harder to reach out. That results in emotional clutter that weighs you down.
Don’t put it off. Do it today and you’ll feel lighter and happier. I guarantee they will too.
Peter Walsh is famous for organizing and decluttering, but he digressed a bit in this very short and important message: Don’t put off getting in touch with someone you care about!
How do you encourage yourself to take action when you get those nudges? I’d love to hear about it in the comments below.
If you need support or encouragement for writing personal notes, check out our Facebook group called “Revive the art of personal notewriting!” Or tell a friend about it.
Brené Brown’s antidote to “I’m Never Good Enough!”
That’s what I love about your Heartspoken blog. It reminds me of all the things my Mom and Ang taught me, those behaviors I USUALLY subscribe to. But, allowing the day to day to get in the way, we stray. Your posts remind me of how I was raised – all good stuff. Thanks again for your Heartspoken blog – it is my favorite!
By the way, I returned about a half dozen personal emails last night, and I wrote a personal thank you today.
Good for you! I hope what I write inspires you and doesn’t make you feel guilty. I go many, many days without writing a single note, but then I’ll go on a rampage and write quite a few.
Your beautiful comment makes me realize that as I get older, I find myself more and more remembering those core behaviors and values we were taught as children (if we were lucky, as you and I both were).
We are on the same wave, E. I was just thinking about this today. My email is getting cluttered up with people I should respond to, people I need to respond to… Yes, just take five minutes – five minutes! – and respond. I often find that my own projects (oy) make me busy busy busy. But I am not connecting or re-connecting with the people that helped me get to where I am today, the people that tweet for me (like you), the people that share my posts, etc. I’m going to but an additional effort into those old emails today and tomorrow. Swear.
Oh, Karen, it is a problem we ALL have – and we’ll all slide back into our old habits, but every now and then, it’s good to be reminded. Thanks for feeling motivated by it.