{"id":8699,"date":"2010-04-21T20:48:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T01:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=8699"},"modified":"2013-05-04T20:26:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T00:26:01","slug":"honoring-mundane-tasks-as-sacred-offerings-to-my-own-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/honoring-mundane-tasks-as-sacred-offerings-to-my-own-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Mundane Tasks as Sacred Offerings to my Own Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday I spent the day getting my first quarter financial documents ready for my tax chick, <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/place?hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=Ka6&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;channel=s&amp;resnum=0&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=%22lois+fredricks%22+palm+bay+fl&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;hq=%22lois+fredricks%22&amp;hnear=palm+bay+fl&amp;cid=1264728304317961715\" target=\"_blank\">Lois A. Fredricks<\/a>.\u00a0 I created a checklist for myself, to make it easy for me to remember what all she needs me to give her each quarter.\u00a0 I love lists, and especially checklists.\u00a0 They make it possible for me to easily do what might otherwise be complicated stuff. Early on Tuesday, I wrote on Facebook:<em> I&#8217;d would love to open my Excel spreadsheet just once without a feeling of &#8230; wait, I can decide ahead of time how I want to feel as I open the spreadsheet. I can be excited about the clarity I&#8217;ll have after I&#8217;ve filled it out, and how organized I feel knowing what&#8217;s what. I can think of the end result instead of dreading the mundane muddling thru the figures&#8230; It&#8217;s my decision<\/em>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I really don&#8217;t like doing bookkeeping myself, but the more I understand where the money goes, the more I feel in control of it all. When I had someone else do it for me, I didn&#8217;t have a clue about the big picture and how it was all connected.\u00a0 Me learning it went a long way in helping me release resistance about <em>how much do I have, who do I owe, when is this paid off<\/em>. It helped more money come in to me, since I&#8217;d released resistance.<\/p>\n<p>When I thought of bookkeeping and administrative work as mundane chores I&#8217;d rather leave to someone else, I wasn&#8217;t claiming my power. When I began to honor the administrative work as a sacred offering to my own success, my world blossomed.<\/p>\n<p>Linda commented: Thanks Andrea for your positive spin on something most of us would rather not deal with. What you say is all true, very good.<\/p>\n<p>I replied: &lt;Linda, trust me, that wasn&#8217;t the first thing that came to mind&#8230;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Even I have to self-talk myself into it.<\/p>\n<p>LISTEN FREE:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/CD_Page\/index.html\">MP3 Samples: Re-Program Your Eating Habits, Sleepytime Recharge, You Are Not The Body; Connecting with Your Angels, Guides &amp; Teachers<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/honoring-mundane-tasks-as-sacred-offerings-to-my-own-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Honoring Mundane Tasks as Sacred Offerings to my Own Success&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/honoring-mundane-tasks-as-sacred-offerings-to-my-own-success\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/honoring-mundane-tasks-as-sacred-offerings-to-my-own-success\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/honoring-mundane-tasks-as-sacred-offerings-to-my-own-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Honoring%20Mundane%20Tasks%20as%20Sacred%20Offerings%20to%20my%20Own%20Success&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/honoring-mundane-tasks-as-sacred-offerings-to-my-own-success\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday I spent the day getting my first quarter financial documents ready for my tax chick, Lois A. 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