It’s been a long time; way too long. I’ve been thinking about, planning, and have written posts, but I haven’t followed through on execution. And, in large, this is what this post is about.
There are times when things get put off. It’s inevitable with college. Deadlines after deadlines come up. So you push back that lunch with a friend or that book you’ve been meaning to finish. If things get especially hairy, you’ll wait until Monday at 3:00PM to finish your 5:00PM problem set (first hand experience?). The amount of stuff you want to do will continue to grow. It grows exponentially. The amount of time you have is constant. There is and always will be 24 hours in a single day for you to do what you can do.
But I implore you to remember that things put off should always be finished. Take an email response as an example. I’m sure we’ve all done it. Someone emailed you inquiring about xyz. I’ll get to it later today; they don’t need to know xyz right away. Today passes. Tomorrow is today now. Eventually, it continues until you finally respond. And tap and clack of your keyboard feels as if you’re pressing down with a ton of force. That email becomes heavy.
I think that feeling of an email response being heavy comes from the fact that we do want to finish things. And we will. So whatever it is that you do, finish it. Bring closure. Feeling like there are a million things to do means that you haven’t started to even dent your list so start doing, my friends.
Do or do not. There is no try.
– Duylam