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Stay Focused and Just Do It

03.02.10 | 91 Comments

An incredibly talented graphic designer once told me I have a problem focusing. And she’s absolutely right. Their was a time when I kept my eye on the prize. Yes, I failed. Yes, I succeeded. But the point is that I stuck through with something until the end. I don’t know what happened along the way. Perhaps I push too hard to the point where I’m no longer enjoying whatever it is I’m doing. Perhaps I even think about whatever it is too much instead of just doing it. I come up with at least 10 different ideas a day. Whether it be an idea for an online startup, a catchy chorus for a new song, or a plot line for a film; I’m always thinking and creating in my head. I’ve always been this way. I was born a creative person. In the 5th grade I wrote a full length feature film script. I enjoyed writing it and I was really proud of the end result. But, as I said, somewhere along the way I lost focus. I come up with these ideas, but don’t follow through. And for the ones I do follow through with, if it doesn’t stick or catch my fancy immediately, I drop it. I loose interest.

When did this happen and how can I fix it? It’s a two-part question I continually ask myself. Hell, just take a look at this blog! I’m keeping the default Hello World! post up as a lesson to myself. Look at the date I set WordPress up. Now, look at today’s date. Why did it take so damn long for me to write this first post? It’s because I lost focus. Not too long ago I updated a blog every single day. Then, I stopped. I lost focus.

Well, today I decided to stop putting things off. I decided to stop procrastinating. Stop giving 95% when I could give 100%. For the things I do give 100%, give 110%. Why today? Because today I figured out the answer to my question. When did this happen and how can I fix it? The answer is: it doesn’t matter when it happened. Yes, I really do have an idea of WHEN and even WHY it happened, but this doesn’t matter. Why dwell on the past? The only thing that matters is that I learn from it and fix it. And how do I do this?

Stay focused. Just do it, whatever ‘it’ may be. And, of course, follow through with it. Sure they’ll still be failure and success, but at least I’ll have no regrets. Welcome to xMATTx.com.

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