Focus
This week we focus on the concept of “One Day at a Time”. Today’s MotD encourages us to practice focusing on one thing at a time. Instead of trying to do everything all at once, just focus on what absolutely needs to be done today and doing them one at a time, one step at a time; or from a time perspective, focus on doing the one thing for one day, or one hour, or 10 minutes, and so on.
Let’s face it, we live in a multi-tasking culture and what has that done for us except cause more anxiety, stress, and frustration. Here’s one way to go from multi-tasking to single tasking. If we have 10 things on our To-Do list, for example, then designate up to three of those things as “must dos”, then designate up to three more of those things as “if there’s time”, then designate the last four as “can wait until tomorrow”.
Once our list is prioritized then we can singularly focus on each “must do”, one at a time. When those are done, and we have the energy for it, we can move through the “if there’s time” group and then the “can wait until tomorrow” group, if necessary.
I know for me, a prioritized To-Do list helps me stay focused and living deliberately. At the end of the day, I wind up getting more done, with less stress and less procrastination.
You may find this matrix a great way to sort your to-do’s:
How about you? Do you struggle with focus, overwhelm, or anxiety over everything you want to do? What system would help you to easily prioritize your to-dos and break them down into small, doable steps…one day at a time?
BTW…Here’s the before…the front and back view of today’s puzzle piece and the pretty ceramic box that holds all my numbers from which I randomly choose each day’s puzzle piece number:
Peace & Blessings,
Maureen
The Mandala Lady
Creating Mandalas 🔆 Awakening Inner Harmony
ABOUT THE 2025 Mandalas of the Day
Throughout the year, I’ll be building one large (48”x48”) Tibetan-styled Mandala one piece at a time…one puzzle piece at a time, that is. The mandala design and the reversed puzzle side were printed on artist-quality watercolor paper. The forward facing puzzle side was printed on a 48”x48” wood panel.
Each day, at random, I’ll be painting in watercolors one of the 365 watercolor puzzle pieces, that by the end of the year will become Archangel Mandala #4. Read more about the Archangel Series. The word/message for each piece will be inspired by Melody Beattie’s book “52 Weeks of Conscious Contact”.
Ultimately, the message of this mandala is about how we are all uniquely part of the one.
Mandala of the Day 