Thursday
Jul292010
do it now
Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 08:24AM 
If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work. The only people who achieve much are those who want knowledge so badly that they seek it while the conditions are still unfavorable. Favorable conditions never come. — C.S. Lewis
Do you ever find yourself thinking that you will get a fresh start tomorrow .. or next week? That when things settle down after the holidays, you’ll get down to it? That you just need to get this or that off your plate .. and then you’ll be ready?
Do it today.
Reader Comments (22)
One thing I'm really drawn to these days is the satisfaction of finishing a task. I don't like coming to a dirty-from-breakfast kitchen on mornings when I've just headed straight into homeschooling, for instance. There is a part of me that thinks that such a thing is a luxury for when the kids are older or my mother-in-law is around and I feel like keeping to higher standards.
And you KNOW I love the picture! :)
yay re: quitting facebook forever! LIKE. ;^)
Sorry to ramble :) Thank you!
So glad you enjoyed my "How we met" story. That was another example of me deciding not to wait. :o)
Peace and Laughter!
cristina, this is what sets doers apart. they do. if everyone waited for perfect conditions, nothing would ever happen! there are so many people out there with unfulfilled dreams and talents who are still waiting anxiously for the right time to start, when there is no right time .. until they start. then it was the right time. :^)
loved reading your story! my husband and i met when i was 18 and we've been together ever since, so we have a similar timeline. :^)
se7en, so true .. and so often adults tell kids "no" when they want to jump into something right away. they tell them wait until this or that .. and then when they decide it's time to move forward, the child has moved on! opportunity lost.
stacey, lol. well you know how infrequently i manage to be succinct! ;^)
thank you, lisa!
thank you, deirdre. ;^)
jennifer, yay! :^) that's so easy to forget .. that when the best things happened, things weren't always perfect .. yet we still had a perfect time! you definitely need to try kayaking -- and let me know what you think! :^)
Getting up and doing something about it RIGHT NOW!
This quote is right for me Lori, thanks.
Great quote. Can you reveal the source: book title, etc?
Thanks!
Ginger
theresa, excellent! :^)
barbara, mm, actually i may do that. :^)
thank you, annalyn, i'm glad. :^)
ginger, "the weight of glory". :^)
elizabeth, i love that quote. :^) one of the things that holds us back from doing it now is perfectionism .. the same thing that keeps us away from doing things worth doing .. because we're afraid we'll do them badly!
i do think it has something to do with how we are educated -- at school, in our culture, or both -- because there is such a pressure to excel rather than explore.
your daughter sounds like my son .. he has a work ethic to beat the band and energy to spare! :^)