If you are reading this then you are seeing my newly re-vamped blog. Yay! I decided to update my site for the new year. I hope you like the fresh new look – let me know!
I am personally excited that I have figured out how to add a “continue reading” link to my blog posts. This seems elementary, I realize, but I have literally been bothered by not having this for over a year. Today I sat and searched and clicked and sighed and walked away and came back and finally found it.
See? I just did it. It’s painfully obvious now.
But what I realized was, just like with anything else, the time and effort I put into something directly affects the end results. Maybe I just wasn’t familiar with the WordPress toolbar, but really – I never put in the time to Figure It Out. Now I have and this one small thing feels like a great achievement.
This same idea really factors into just about anything in life. Unless you have a great untapped talent in something, you will have to work at figuring out anything new.
Here’s an example: run-walking your first 5K. Just the other day I had a class member from spinning ask me what it would take for her to do her first 5K. I know she was looking for a simple quick answer, but that’s not what I had. I asked her about her current fitness level and whether she had been walking or running at all. I stressed that while her goal was completely attainable, she needed a plan based on her current abilities.
You have to start where you are – not where you want to be.
It is so easy to get swept away in our dream goals. I believe in big dream goals and I also believe that you need a plan to get there. This is a lesson I have learned time and time again the hard way (see: figuring out the “continue reading” link).
When I go head first into something (anything) without a plan, it usually ends up unfinished. Last year I decided I wanted to self-publish a cookbook on Amazon. I had a sketchy plan at best and after collecting some recipes and typing a few of them up, the plan fizzled. The project has been stagnant for months and months. I am not even going to touch it again until I have a clear plan for getting it done. And I will because it is something I really want to do! But like I said before, wanting it is not quite enough. Start where you are.
So, here’s what I want you to do – get inspired today! It can be about anything – maybe you want to read 50 books this year, or run your first half marathon, or maybe you want to start writing a blog. Jump in but make a plan. Take time to figure it out and make it happen.
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