I flipped my head over to blow-dry the back of my hair upside down. That's what the beauty experts always tell you to do in order to give your hair some extra oomph. While I was upside down, I got a perfect view of the vanity space beneath the bathroom counter, where there is supposed to be a chair for sitting in to apply makeup.
"Huh!" I said to myself. "There's a hair clip on the floor. I should pick that up." But I finished drying my hair, brandished the curling iron around my head, damaged the ozone layer by spraying my "freezing" aerosol hairspray, and promptly forgot about the lone hair clip.
The next day, I flipped my head over to blow-dry the back of my hair upside down. While I was upside down, I got a perfect view of the vanity space beneath the bathroom counter.
"Huh!" I said to myself. "There's a hair clip on the floor. I should pick that up." But I finished drying my hair, brandished the curling iron around my head, damaged the ozone layer by spraying my "freezing" aerosol hairspray, and promptly forgot about the lone hair clip.
The next day, I flipped my head over to blow-dry the back of my hair upside down............well, I'll bet you know where this story is going.
Yes, the lone hair clip.
I ask you: How many times must I stare at the same items, left day after day, without so much as MOVING A MUSCLE to pick them up?? When I finally picked up the hair clip and popped it into the drawer, I realized that it took no effort whatsoever to do something that has bothered me longer than that horrid Sonny and Cher song, "I've Got You, Babe."
Today's Small Thing is to make the "Groundhog Day Syndrome" disappear by finally doing something different: picking up that receipt that has sat on the edge of your dresser since Christmas, or straightening the lamp shades that bug you day after day. Maybe you see a piece of painters' tape on a baseboard or still have one Christmas pine cone that never made it to the storage container. Maybe it's an old razor in the shower or a coffee cup that is in the garage. Every. Single. Day. you look at that small thing and think, "I really should do something about that," and then.... you walk on by.
I can't promise that your life will suddenly come together, like in the movie with Bill Murray, but maybe you'll feel so happy about taking care of that silly, niggling little item that you'll be ready to accept that job promotion or find love right before your eyes! Hopefully, you'll never have to hear "I've Got You, Babe," again.
It could happen!! POINTS: 40 for taking care of some little thing that's been bothering you.
BONUS POINTS: 20 for letting us know what you've been ignoring, even though you've thought about doing something about it.
