Do I have to?

The Facebook post stated: “What to do today? Gotta do something.”

Doesn’t sound like a statement from someone with a very full life. If you’re having to scrounge for something to do so you will have done something with your day, you might be lacking somewhat in initiative.

Busy people aren’t exempt either. We tend to think that just because each day comes with a fairly loaded template — care for the kids, go to work, household chores, etc. — that we get a pass on initiative because our day already has demands that must be met. So we have a built-in excuse for not doing anything more with our lives. After all the regular requirements of the day, we’re simply …

[… now insert one of the most common excuses for doing nothing more with your life and failing at even a start at real dreams …]

… too tired to do anything else.

If you want more in your life than what it takes to eat, make a living, have a reasonably clean home, and provide basic care for children, you will have to push yourself.

You may have to get up earlier, stay up later … yes, you might have to lose some sleep. Perhaps for years.

You might have to learn something new.

You might have to read, exercise, forgive, discuss, listen, attend, study, practice, try again, labor, try again, write, persuade, lead, try again, follow, grow, change, improve, mature, apply diligence, try again, practice discipline, prioritize, and any number of things to go from where you are to where you would like to be in order to really do something.

That is, if you want to do something with your life.

Do you?

Are you?

Scotty