Cut One Thing Out of Your Day

So ironically, after creating my new blog where I'm going to offer oh-so-helpful tips on simplifying your life as a mom, wife, and/or working woman, I went to my mom-to-mom meeting yesterday where the presenter was talking about simplifying your life.  I thought - perfect!  This will give me some great content to blog about.  However, as she talked, I kept having this nagging feeling inside myself that despite all of my efforts to simplify, my life always seems to get more complicated.  Why is that?   I mean I'm terribly efficient, neat, organized, well-planned.  I'm down right perfect and more prepared than any boy scout.  But there are never enough hours in the day.<sigh>.  It occurred to me that I am a master simplifier and organizer just so I can have room to add MORE to my life.  I want to always make sure I'm prepared to do something else if I need to.  It's all about control, but I'll leave that topic for another day.
Anyhoo, so it occurred to me if I really want to simplify, I have to do more than just be more efficient and organized.  I have to cut something out of my day.  What should that be?  My kids?  Well, I think CPS would frown upon that.  My job?  My boss would frown upon that.  My new company?  Well, the bank and my husband would frown upon that.  Running, showering, or cleaning the house - I would frown upon those.  Geez - everything is frowned upon.
Okay, so I will have to do something more basic.  I accept that I'm not in a place to cut out any of the big things in my life.  But maybe, just maybe, I can find something little everyday that I think is terribly critical to just not do.  Give myself permission to slack and then see where it goes.  So this will be my experiment for the next week - give up one little thing a day that I normally feel I must do.  So today, I'm not going to stress about hanging my new season/holiday flag in my front yard to replace the Easter one I took down yesterday.  In fact, I'm not going to do it for a whole week!  Okay, you may laugh but this is exactly the kind of thing I can fret about.   You know, in case the UPS man comes to my front door and says "Holy cow!  I almost missed your house because I didn't see a decorative flag in the front yard."  Or my neighbor cries, "What season comes after Easter?  I'm lost without your flag!"  It could happen.
Day 1...stay tuned.