I want to...but I won't
There are a lot of motivational posters hanging on walls out there that will disagree with me on this one: Sometimes we need to quit sooner. Like, almost immediately.
We can talk a big game about we want, or things we think should happen, but when it comes time to move from talk to action, we sit on our hands and hope someone else picks up the ball. But the time between saying we want it and then NOT doing it can be long and filled with consternation.
What if we had just admitted upfront we didn’t REALLY want to do the thing? Or maybe that we agree something should happen, but not strongly enough to do anything about it? How much stress – and broken commitments – could we avoid if we got clear and true, inwardly and outwardly, with our feelings?
There can be a lot of fervor and excitement expressed when it comes to something people want (Wouldn’t it be great to have a big reunion with all our school friends??), but when it comes time for someone to claim ownership (Alrighty, who’s gonna plan it??), to step up and say they’ll actually DO something about it…crickets.
Or even things we tell ourselves. I’m gonna get healthy, woohoo!! [cut to the item on your to-do list that says “Call personal trainer” that gets moved to the next day, every day, until it falls off the list…]
So what if we all got REAL introspective and decided to save our noise and fuss for the things we’re actually willing to DO something about?
