This article is about how there’s no article for this week. Interesting paradox, isn’t it?
This is what happened: I sat down to write it, but couldn’t focus this brain of mine on any topic to write about. And I had lots of other stuff to do! So, I decided to do it later, I even made a mental note.
Later never came…
I only had a lot of Now’s
And my Now’s were filled with other commitments.
Oops…
So, here it is, the day that I publish an article. Only I have no article to give you.
Would you like some excuses?
Yeah, I wouldn’t want them either. Reasons are plump, juicy and flavorful. Excuses can look like Reasons, but they taste kinda rotten.
So, I’ll give me the advice that I’d give any client (and if you’ve been following me a while, you might remember a certain YouTube video I shared on this topic). The advice is: just start. If you wait for an inspirational moment to strike you, you’re going to be waiting a while.
Too bad I didn’t remember that piece of advice earlier.
If I had, you might actually have a really nice article to read.
Ok, let me get a little more serious and review what happened here.
- I wasn’t “inspired” so I decided to wait.
Yeah, that rarely works out in my favor. What does work? Sitting down, getting quiet, and starting. For me, that works for almost anything that I want to write.So, know what works for you. If you’re not sure – think about when things flowed, what was happening?
- I made a mental note to do it later.
You know what, sometimes you do need to get up, leave the task alone for a bit and come back to it. That’s okay. However, I didn’t put it back on my task list.I’ve learned that I need to write things down to get them done. I didn’t do that. It did get done (you’re reading it), but it was done later than normal. So, write it down!
- Something I realized didn’t happen
I didn’t spend a lot of time beating myself up over this. I created the situation, thought about my options and moved forward. Let me tell you, that’s a small, but mighty victory! It wasn’t that long ago that I would have gotten really upset with myself and spent time feeling horrible. However, that doesn’t serve me or you.
What are you waiting for inspiration on? What are you putting off till later? They may or may not be the same thing.
What would happen if your Now was spent doing one of those things?