Silver Lining? Today You get a Clean Slate

Today my youngest son, Luke, and I went to the dentist for a routine cleaning. Shameless plug for our dentist - If you live in the McKinney/Allen/Frisco area, I highly recommend Crescent Family Dentistry with Dr. Spencer Moon! Back to the post at hand - When he came in to do my check after my cleaning, he asked me how things were going, if there was anything to address. I said no, things are good, but I'll be honest and say I've slacked on my flossing some this year following covid and feeling just yucky for have the year. He said, "that's alright, you get a clean slate today!"

No, Dr. Moon didn't coin the phrase, "clean slate," but it was a good reminder that no matter where you are, what you do, how you are doing it, what you regret, what you put off for another day, today you get a clean slate. You get to start over. You get to readjust. You clean to tweak. Absolutely, we should all take advantage of that clean slate! Why? You get the opportunity to better your day or your situation, that's why. Something does not have to be wrong, missing, or slacking in or for you to tweak it and make life better. No, you don't need to change for the sake of changing, but you are free to walk through your day with intention, with purpose.

The silver lining today is that your life still has work to do because you are still here and present on this Earth. So, whether you've been working hard today taking care of your kids, in the office on a project or presentation, or out in the field working so we all are afforded the finer things of life, or binge watching the latest "it" show everyone is talking about, you too have time to wipe the slate clean. Start fresh.

I am often one of those people that is a night owl, and either gets great ideas in the middle of the night, or decides to 'level up my life," then plan out what that looks like for me. Well, my family and me. They do not always know they are going to participate but they usually are better for it or say thank you once the complaining is over. That doesn't even include my teenagers whining - that's just my husband complaining! I kid, I kid. Mostly. In all seriousness though, I feel like when we do things together, we are more accountable to each other. We follow through more often when we have a buddy system.

So, take full advantage of your freedom to "clean slate" and tweak whatever it is in your life that could use some attention.

Until next time ~ Nikki Smith

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