I often get stuck in the possibilities of doing something, without actually doing it. I can think about the great things I can accomplish and in what ways I am going to do it, but if I never start I will never finish. It is such a simple thought to agree with but I loose sight of it so often. Why, because I see beyond the start and begin to anticipate the end, the final outcome and the perfect project. This is where I get stuck. I'm a logical person and a bit of a perfectionist and I realize that I am not going to make the cut all (most of) the time. I become the "do it right or don't do it at all" person and that stops me from doing so much.
For example take this blog. I started it because I wanted to document my trip to Turkey and I wanted to keep a consistent day to day account of what I was doing. Well that dream failed after day one passed without a post and subsequently day two, day three and day four passed after that with the same results. It has been a month and a half and I have now just started to write on this blog. And to top it all off I don't know if I want this blog to be just about my trip anymore but to just be about my thoughts and experiences (which will most likely be about my trip anyway for the next few months).
But I don't think it really matters what I write about, as long as I do it. I have learned that, done is better then perfect, because with "done" you have something to show for yourself while "perfect" will never be done. I think this is one of the greatest and most useful things I have learned and am trying to apply to my life thus far. With this little tip I am able to move on in my life, try new thing and take risks because I know that what I am aiming for is the prospect of finishing and experiencing new things in my life and not the hope that I am going to be perfect in everything I do.
At the end of my life I will be happy to say " I may not have been perfect..... but look at what I've done!".
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