Train Time: No. 2

Today, it’s the 5:40 bound for Homewood.

So…I have learned ( or rather been reminded) that “doing” is better than “not doing”.

This may sound simple… and potentially silly…
But it’s important, and sometimes hard to remember.

Let’s look at a positive thing. Let’s say I am thinking about… writing in my blog… (to keep it clean).

Certainly I must think about what I want to write, but after that the initial inactive part is finished.

Now comes active thought.

Now I must think and write, think and write… etc.

If I over think the first stage, I may drift into negative thinking with such silly thoughts like:

“ I’m not a good writer.”

Or…

“Nobody reads this anyway…”

Or I may not be able to think of anything right away to write about (which by the way tends to prove to the negative mind that your not a good writer.

Or…

You just start writing.

Once you get into the flow… it will usually work out fine

Now:
You may not care about writing.
In this case, its important to remember that writing is not the point; being positive and just doing is the point.

Applying this to something negative also works.

I needed to write some letters to some people that I owe money to, and the whole process has me in the dreads for three weeks. I was tired ajd anxious and kind of glum.

Finally, after some inspiration from my wife, I sat down, spent about 20 minutes, and the basic draft of my letter was finished.

Now think about this:

I wrote the letter…

I didn’t send it…

It didn’t solve my money problem…

Nothing!

It was nothing more than a file on my hard drive… yet I was a new man, from the time I was first given the idea from my wife.

I was… AM, refreshed, cleansed, and ready to move on!

The moral of the story?

“ just Do It”
( Sorry Nike)