Besides food and shelter, clothing and wi-fi (okay, maybe not wi-fi), what do humans actually need? To really thrive, we need safety, certainty, and familiarity.
With our families, we establish and sustain that sense of safety and certainty by making commitments and keeping them. For example, your spouse may depend upon you to:
pick up your toddler at daycare
buy a gallon of milk on your way home from work, and
attend your 8th-grader’s stage debut — and not to arrive just on time, but early, with flowers.
At work, it’s the same thing: you need to see things through, because that’s how you build and sustain the trust of your coworkers.
Eliminating physical and mental clutter has really helped me this year. Thanks Christine! Your support is priceless.
S. Griffin