an early-morning Kahlua, barkeep. No ice. Thanks. I'll just add it to my coffee. Phone call this morning with my 89-year-old mom who told me what she's doing today. Me: Wow, you're organized. Mom: And disciplined. Me: It strikes me that those two have to go together. Mom: No. There are organized people who are not disciplined, and disciplined people who are not organized. Me: If you are organized but not self-disciplined to follow through, your organization is comforting but pointless. If you are disciplined to do things, but not organized about what to do, your discipline is pointless. Mom: You can be organized about things. Being disciplined is being organized about time. So I read a little on the topic. What about you, hubski? Organized? Disciplined? Neither?
Oh man, I love this. Going to remember that for a while. I can say organized for sure. Disciplined.... eh. Definitely a work in progress. Similar to my own mother, if I don't get started on something right away, then I'm liable to forget about doing it completely. I can confidently say it's really in the works seeing as I can check this off my list of things I did before going to campus, though! Woot!Being disciplined is being organized about time.
If you struggle with discipline, start small. It’s how we all got started. Start by taking out the overflowing garbage, answering an email, changing the light bulb, or cleaning your bathroom. Start today doing all the little things you know you should do, but don’t feel like doing.
Neither. There are a few things that I want to do regularly that I haven't been doing lately. Namely: cycling to and from work, having breakfast at home instead of buying something from a shop and eating on the way to work, finding time to read in the evenings. They're the main three things.