Two Steps Forward One Step Back

Two Steps Forward One Step Back

This is probably sums up the way I’ve lived my life.

And it’s not a bad thing. It’s a good thing. See… I’m smiling about it

It reflects that I’m very much a trial and error person – bit like an inventor (but not a mad one… I’m perfectly sane!).

The fact is, I’m much better at doing rather than thinking about doing. And yet I keep trying to be a thinker!

Trouble is, when I think about doing it takes far too much time and not much doing gets done.

Yes, it’s good to have a plan in outline and a destination in mind but beyond that the I need to do more doing – I want to do more doing.

As my wife sometimes reminds me, I’m a practical man, not a thinking man. I take it as a compliment because that’s how it’s meant.

Lately I’ve been doing too much thinking and this project has started to crawl along when it should be flying.

Why?

Because I haven’t quite got it right but I’ve been too afraid to admit it and I’ve been too afraid to change it. Afraid of what? I’m not exactly sure, but afraid none-the-less.

Maybe I have this notion that if you launch a project with grand boasts, you’d better know what the hell you’re talking about or people won’t give you a second look?

Maybe I think that constant changes and tweaks don’t reflect someone who knows what they’re doing which possibly undermines my credibility?

Maybe I’ve been pussyfooting about?

And maybe I should just get on with it!?

To breathe new life into this project I’m going stop trying for the perfect end result, and do more trial and error. As long as I keep taking the two steps forward I feel confident that the one step back won’t be a problem.

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Thanks for reading.

…and please share your opinion in the comments.

Dave

Photo: two steps

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