Thursday, April 21, 2016

Ready, Set Action!

The dusting,cleaning, sweeping, mopping and straightening is done. The house looks immaculate (by Spiegel standards). The kitchen is completely converted over for Passover. The oven is on clean mode for the next 3 hours. I don't like leaving the house while it is working so I am using this time as an opportunity to catch up with you.
While cleaning my desk area , I found myself putting away stacks of business cards. My cards for Halloweensalses (I have 5 or 5 different ones). My generic one, as well as one with my corporate identity and one for each vendor I work with.
I have my Live 2 XL cards. I Have my Why Weight cards and the Why Weight drop cards. And I have the Grooming Shoppe cards as well .
That's a lot of business cards for one person!
During a break in this morning's action I was on the phone with a friend. As we caught up and discussed what's next for me, I jumped from Halloween and my myriad of responsibilities there, to Why Weight, to the new shop and eventually to my thoughts on a new venture I have been kicking around.
It was in that moment that I had a clear vision as to why my vision is so cloudy. I am spread way to thin and I am not focusing on any one particular thing.
When I lay all of my business cards on the table, the real and the proverbial table, all aspects of my life are important to me. Choosing one over the other right now seems impossible.Prioritizing and making time for all of them makes much more sense. 
There have been times in the past when I have felt comfortable putting one down and concentrating on another.They all do not need immediate or my full attention 24/7.
For instance, last week, the shop took up a lot of hours. It was what needed to be. I did what needed to be done. 
Today, my sense of urgency is around creating income. This is never a good place for growth. Growth comes when I use my energies to promote and facilitate a project that I am passionate about and where I can actually put a plan of action in place.Marching in circles around a challenge that I have no clear vision of is nothing more than wasted motion.
My friend heard my frustration as we spoke. He helped me by offering up a 3 step action plan around my newest venture. 3 simple projects. They would take some time and effort, however it gave me 3 definable tasks. And a 10 day time frame to complete them. I have already started on task number 1. That may be all I get done on this today which is fine. Now I will move on to the rest of my day.
It's a matter of focus and me management (not time management....we all now we can't manage time only how we use it!).
Nothing has changed. Nothing has been resolved. However, now I have a plan of action.

I guess something has changed!

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