Unfinished Business

While at university, I realized I had many unfinished writing projects on my PC hard drive. I was the person James Clear referred to when he said, 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Every article, poem, or play on my computer was incomplete. I told myself that what was worth doing must be done perfectly, and after all, I would eventually complete it one day. Excuses.

Now, at 40, I am learning that 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 No matter how well you do something, you will either find people who did it better or convince yourself that your best is not good enough. I read of the photography teacher who grouped his students in two and asked one group to produce as many pictures as possible as they would be graded by the quantities they churned out, while the second group only needed to submit one perfect picture to be graded. In short, quantity versus quality. At the end of the semester, all the best pictures came from the quantity group. Because they took many shots, they were more spontaneous and became better photographers. I try to take many more shots in my life and work, too.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂. Experiment repeatedly and study your outcomes like a scientist observing a test mouse (still you) in a laboratory. Does your life management style make you feel accomplished or overwhelmed, optimistic or frustrated? If accomplished and optimistic, more of the same, please. If otherwise, change a thing or two and observe again. Blessings.

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