I’ve always been a planner. I write lists, create plans to reach goals, research the good/better/best method to get there. But last year, I discovered I too often got sucked into the vortex of endless preparation. I’d wanted each step to be perfect. After all, aren’t success and accomplishment built upon perfection? Ha!
Please note, I, by no means, intend to devalue excellence. But my well-meaning, ever growing list of unfinished projects proved that I’d spent far too much energy redoing plans and writing more (and more) lists. Though I may have been working hard, I was totally spinning my wheels! I wasn’t moving forward. I want to move forward.
Ready. Set. Here I go! A fire now burns within me – a kindling urgency to do, to turn my desires into actions, to act upon advice that inspires me. My steps forward may be small, but each one takes me to a place I haven’t been before. And some have launched me out of my comfortable little corner!
Some steps have been bigger. I joined a new company. I unwittingly revamped my “normal” diet. (After 5 intentional weeks of clean eating, I couldn’t go back to the old “normal”!) I’m delving into a totally new workout routine – hello, heavy weights! And this blog.
Today, I’m taking my husband’s advice to “just write” and not (yet) worry about the design and layout. I have a background in layout and design, and in the past would have totally gotten sucked into that process (and more than likely “progress” would have stopped there). But surprisingly enough, choosing to ignore that for now isn’t bothering me. I’m not distracted by it (except that I’m now wondering whether I “should” be distracted by it). For today, writing is necessary to take that next step. The rest will come. And so far I’m not anxious about rushing that process.
What about you? Where do you want to see more progress in your life? What’s holding you back?
FiTLadi 