My Wake-Up Call

“This is a very common characteristic in people who show signs of mild Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Ian.  You tend to live on one end of the scale, or the other.  You go from one extreme to the other.  You need to learn to live your life somewhere in the middle, if possible.  Find the balance point.”

It’s come to my attention recently (from a variety of sources, including my own subconscious actually), that I tend to plan so intensely for the things in my life that I forget to live.  I forget to actually “do”.

As the old saying goes: “No plan is worth the paper it is written on, unless it starts you doing something.”  –  Mine tend to START me doing something, but don’t end up allowing me to finish, because they get too in depth and intense.  That, or I can’t stop myself from constantly improving the plan.  Well, guess what “me”… improving the quality of the plan-on-paper, doesn’t do a damn thing to improve the quality of the person it’s meant for!

This isn’t just meant for me… it goes for everyone, I believe.  But, I intend to follow this wonderful advice.  It’s actually a quote from my idol, Bruce Lee:

“Knowing is not enough, we must apply.  Willing is not enough, we must do.”

It is so true, is it not?!  Way to go Bruce… It’s too bad the rest of the world [myself included, of course] is too wrapped up in the idea of perfection to realize that nothing gets done in that frame of mind.

We should be focused on Effectiveness and Efficiency instead of this flawed idea of “perfection” that we all hold so dear.

From here on out, I vow not to “try” anymore… but simply to “do” and to “be” the things that I want to do and be.  No one achieved anything simply by thinking and wishing… that may have been where it started, but eventually they had to do something about those thoughts and ideas.

Good luck on your personal journey through this life.