Break It Up

The yard at our new house has a steady incline from the edge of the side yard back to the house.

When you're mowing, it's quite a long stretch if you attempt to do it running from end to end. As I discovered while mowing tonight, it's much easier to break it up into sections. That way you get to ease uphill instead of charging up while pushing a mower.

That's pretty good advice for anything monumental in our lives. We won't be able to accomplish it in one motion, but we will need to break our ultimate goal down into bite-size, manageable chunks. This way we can check off markers of success along the way without being discouraged or completely exhausted. We will still achieve our goal and we'll be able to stay encouraged to push ahead at the same time.