the power of gradual

 One of my favorite blogs had a great post the other day called (http://zenhabits.net/2009/01/the-power-of-gradual/)The Power of Gradual.  It struck me since I've often claimed my middle name is "I want it now."  



Simple ideas.   



"There are no quick fixes. Making change in your life takes time." 
 


"When you work at something day in and day out, you achieve huge positive change in your life." 
 


How easy it is for me to be impatient, to think that I have to be done with everything yesterday.  I really struggle with the small daily changes that are supposed to add up to progress - that's why previous to this I have had such an up and down roller coaster of success and failure.  I go to extremes and can't maintain those changes.  No one, could!   
 


I really liked his imagery -  

 "Try this as an experiment. Make a tap leak ever so slightly—maybe a drop every half minute or so. Put an empty bucket below it. Now, go on with your day. Forget about the tap. Actually, I don’t need to tell you to forget the tap. You just will. Sometime later, stroll by the bucket. Holy heck! There’s a lot of water in there. It might even be overflowing (the author will not be held responsible …). That’s the Power of Gradual. It’s the effect of a small thing happening over and over (and over) again."