Another old post, but one that got a read today, so I figured others might be interested as well. I also took the liberty of adding some pics, and my sweet af logo.
One of the biggest issues I’ve had to contend with since being out of work is figuring out exactly what the heck to do with myself.
It feels like I have everything and nothing to do all at the same time.
The truth is, there’s plenty to do, and it all comes down to acting on it.
This morning, for example, I woke up, made a coffee and stared blankly at my monitor for about 5 minutes reviewing all the things I had to do.
Frankly, it all felt like too much, so I walked away and cleared my head.
After I stood on the back porch and watched the rain for a few minutes, I went back in and set to.
I started with a couple small, quick tasks just to warm the engine up a bit. Conventional wisdom may say to attack the biggest things first, but I found that knocking out a few easier tasks got the brain going and greased the groove a bit. I’m sure the coffee helped a little too.
Next, I got to work on some financial tasks that needed to be sorted out, which I was not looking forward to, simply because I’ve spent the last week of my life on the phone, and a good portion of that on hold.
Still, it needed to be done and now it is.
Full disclosure: I was on hold for less than 5 minutes. I’m taking that as a win.
Once I got that out of the way, it left me some free time to peruse some blogs, respond to some comments and write this post.
My next step is to get a workout in before another phone appointment later today.
As much as there’s a part of me that would really love to lay around all day and not think of anything at all, I know deep down that’s not a healthy mindset.
When I woke today, I didn’t have a concrete plan at all. But I knew I had to act.
Maybe the actions weren’t in the proper order. Maybe I could have prioritized better.
General George S. Patton once said “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
So, if you are stuck at the starting block and aren’t sure which path to take, just pick one and go. You can always adjust accordingly.
Sometimes, the only way to find out what works and what doesn’t is to just do it.
Either way, I would guess that you’ll be much further along than if you did nothing at all.
Whatever your “it” is, go get it.
The Beginning At Last 
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