
I sort of feel like a pirate, taking over while my shipmates are away. Let's talk productivity. In today's world, it is so hard to "feel" productive when there's always more to be done. I'm having a terrible time with this rewrite because I've seen it so many times. Michael Jackson's death, and his desire to always top "Thriller" makes me realize there is a level of perfectionism that stops us from being productive.
We get so caught up in the results, that we can't fully be in the process and ultimately, as Christians, we know that God has the outcome in His hands. We should do our utmost for His Highest, but also not get so caught up in our part that we fail to finish what we've started.
My plan right now is to set small goals. Yesterday it was simply to get through Chapter 4, which took me forever (two weeks.) I said, no matter what, and that included a vomiting child, visit to the doctor, selling $350 worth of stuff on Craigslist, grocery shopping, laundry and LOTS of chicken soup -- that I was going to finish that chapter yesterday. I did. So now, I do the next right thing. That's all you can do in life: the next right thing.
Do you ever get stuck in that cycle of unproductivity, and what do you do to get out of it?
Labels: perfectionism, productivity