My small thing right now is working on my family budget. I have always been a good saver, until I bought a house. My wife and I didn’t have much, so we had to buy some basic furnishings, but I went a little nuts on remodeling. I noticed I wasn’t saving as much as I used to, so I am trying to keep up with a budget in order to save money again.

@Renee – Haha yeah, I’m usually all or nothing too ;)
@Carol in Mpls – That’s a cool way to do things – on a monthly level like that :) My ADHD always moves my mind all over the place too, but but we can just do our best!
@Katie – YOU CAN DO IT KATIE!!! We all start out on the ground and work up :) And every phase has pros and cons, so just keep in mind nothing is permanent!
@MoneySmartGuides – Yep! Like a savings account growing bigger and bigger over time – it all adds up!

Kelly, you made me LOL so hard milk came out my nose! E-mail you daily? That’s just asking for another blot on the escutcheon when I fail in one week or less. I’m going to stay in “one small blog” mode for a while.

J$: funny you should mention post-it notes. Several years ago I went through a really rough patch, where I was barely hanging on at work. Each morning I would ask myself what ONE thing really needed to get done, I wrote it on a post-it note, then put it on the center of my desk. I would focus on doing that one thing, was usually successful, and gradually got myself back in the groove. I learned something really interesting from this: most of our days are filled with pretty trivial work like e-mails, chatting with co-workers, etc. By doing one really important thing each day, I actually made more progress on the big priorities for my team, and learned to spend less time on stupid stuff. Who knew doing less could be more?