Waiting for the "Perfect" Time
You know what I have noticed about change? Everyone waits for the "perfect" time.
I have done it many times and I catch myself doing it still.
You know the feeling, you have an anxious feeling that something needs to be different.
Your body is telling you "Hey buddy! Pay attention here! Something is not quite right here, you better figure out what it is.
" I believe the major problem is people seldom acknowledge that feeling and actually dig deeper to find out what it means.
They just ignore it and chalk it up to "stress".
The one's who do acknowledge it and pin point what needs to change seldom do because they wait for the "perfect" time.
I let many years slip by wanting to be a fighter.
I would think about how exciting it would be to train and get into the cage.
That's as far as it went for several years.
A thought.
Do you know why it never went any further than a thought? It never became more than a "someday/maybe later" idea.
I believe the major problem was because I did not determine what the very next action would need to be in order to put the plan in motion, so it just stayed an "idea".
One simple task of just thinking what the very next action should be held me back for many years.
That's freaking unbelievable that a simple task of sitting down and thinking for only 10 minutes could have started me down the path of pursuing a deep interest.
10 minutes of minimal effort could have cleared the entrance to the path of fulfilling a dream.
I know that a lot has been written about setting goals, and tracking goals, and writing down goals which I believe to be important, but I think that people tend to make things a little too sophisticated.
I know for myself that I need to simplify or I overwhelm myself.
When I establish my goals, I do indeed write them down.
I then reflect what the exact very next action is to get the ball rolling.
When the idea is in motion I adjust my path accordingly.
That minimizes my anxiety level, and allows me to be flexible.
Remember the analogy of being able to drive at night and only need to see 30 feet in front of you.
So the next time you get an idea you want to do something, write that idea down and spend a couple minutes determining what the next action would be to get started and actually do it!!
I have done it many times and I catch myself doing it still.
You know the feeling, you have an anxious feeling that something needs to be different.
Your body is telling you "Hey buddy! Pay attention here! Something is not quite right here, you better figure out what it is.
" I believe the major problem is people seldom acknowledge that feeling and actually dig deeper to find out what it means.
They just ignore it and chalk it up to "stress".
The one's who do acknowledge it and pin point what needs to change seldom do because they wait for the "perfect" time.
I let many years slip by wanting to be a fighter.
I would think about how exciting it would be to train and get into the cage.
That's as far as it went for several years.
A thought.
Do you know why it never went any further than a thought? It never became more than a "someday/maybe later" idea.
I believe the major problem was because I did not determine what the very next action would need to be in order to put the plan in motion, so it just stayed an "idea".
One simple task of just thinking what the very next action should be held me back for many years.
That's freaking unbelievable that a simple task of sitting down and thinking for only 10 minutes could have started me down the path of pursuing a deep interest.
10 minutes of minimal effort could have cleared the entrance to the path of fulfilling a dream.
I know that a lot has been written about setting goals, and tracking goals, and writing down goals which I believe to be important, but I think that people tend to make things a little too sophisticated.
I know for myself that I need to simplify or I overwhelm myself.
When I establish my goals, I do indeed write them down.
I then reflect what the exact very next action is to get the ball rolling.
When the idea is in motion I adjust my path accordingly.
That minimizes my anxiety level, and allows me to be flexible.
Remember the analogy of being able to drive at night and only need to see 30 feet in front of you.
So the next time you get an idea you want to do something, write that idea down and spend a couple minutes determining what the next action would be to get started and actually do it!!
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