Motivationally speaking...

Okay, so I have writer's block. (Or some kind of block, since I don't know if I could call myself a writer.) It's been over a week since my last post and I still really don't have much to type about. So I'm here out of obligation, since I started this thing and should at least try to maintain it, right? So here goes...

The other day, a blog post (http://www.kellehampton.com/2011/03/patty-whack.html) challenged the reader to come up with a name for their "inner badass", the alter ego that makes us get up off the couch when all we want to do is sit. The one who forces us to get the to-do list done, or gets us out of the comfort box we've been stuck in. Some readers posted their "badass" names, like Sasha or Carla or Betty. So I gave it a brief try and came up with nothing. My inner badass was apparently not in the mood to introduce herself.

I went downstairs and let my daughter entertain me. She has taken to making up songs about anything and everything that moves her at that moment and, of course, I could listen to this creative brilliance all day. (Go ahead, roll your eyes.) Her greatest hit is "You Can Do Anything". That is the lyric: "You can DO! ANY! THING!", repeated over and over. Sometimes she will improvise, and list things you can DO!, like JUMP! and FLY! and PAINT! Nothing makes me happier than to hear my toddler sing these words. And then I realized...she is my inner badass.

She is my motivation. She is my coach. She knows how to get it done, she sits around for no one. If she has toys to play with, she will play. If she has a floor to sweep with her toy broom, she will sweep. If she has a naked doll, she will dress her. There is no laziness, no hesitation. She bounces from task to task at lightning speed and makes me tired just watching. If we all attacked life with the determination of a two-year-old, who knows what we could accomplish? We can DO! ANY! THING!

So my inner badass is named after my daughter. I will call on her daily to get me up and running. Now if only I could just arrange for her to get a midday nap like her namesake...
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That inner badass has kept me motivated to keep cleaning and discarding, moving up into the attic where I found another craft supply box and random junk. So here's a new list of things I've gotten rid of:

2 pairs of earmuffs
4 pairs of gloves
6 hats
1 headband
3 maternity shirts
1 maternity dress
1 travel cosmetic bag
2 vases
6 purses
11 pairs of shoes
6 tee shirts
1 sweatshirt
13 handkerchiefs
4 cans of Playdoh
1 package of envelopes
2 desk calendars (from 1998 and 1999...really?!)
1 blank journal
1 package of stickers
2 packs of confetti
1 tube of crazy glue
2 glue sticks
1 rubber stamp
1 inkpad
18 pens
13 pencils
1 pack of markers
1 White Out pen
5 tubes of glitter glue = 111 + previous 562 = 673 things...