Speaking
I am speaking in church this weekend. It has been on my mind a great deal. It seems that every spare moment comes back to my topic and how can I relay the messages that is expected of me. I keep tossing ideas round in my head, but nothing is coming together.
So I ask myself, what is distracting me? I guess I could go through a checklist, but that is just another distraction. Once I start the checklist, I get caught up in what is on the checklist and forget why I started the checklist in the first place.
What I have determined is that instead of trying to figure out why I am not doing something, I need to concentrate my efforts on doing something. We all do.
Lately, I have heard complaints from certain individuals that once they get behind, it all becomes too overwhelming. They are focusing on all the things they have to do instead of focusing on them one at a time. For me, instead of trying to gather this massive pile of information that is associated with my topic, I just need to focus on one path and follow it.
Sometimes we let the worry about what we have to do, distract us from doing. We see all the final projects, papers, Christmas gifts, lesson ideas, back dated homework assignments, or even future homework assignments and get distracted in the idea of doing it all. We just need to take them one at a time. Pick an assignment and go. When you have completed it, move to the next one.
I was trying to do this the other day and one of my co-workers wanted me to do something else, listen to them, or start another project while I was working on one already. I looked at her and had to tell her that I could not start another project right now. She started harassing me about not being able to multi-task. I told her that when I did start the project for her or stop to listen to her, I wanted to make sure she had my complete attention. I did not want to give her good, I wanted to give her the best.
Isn't that all that has been asked of us. Just do your best. Don't let homework, projects, TV, texting, or pressure from peers distract you from doing your best. That includes yourself. You can become a distraction by telling yourself that you can't. You can. Just give it your best.
So I ask myself, what is distracting me? I guess I could go through a checklist, but that is just another distraction. Once I start the checklist, I get caught up in what is on the checklist and forget why I started the checklist in the first place.
What I have determined is that instead of trying to figure out why I am not doing something, I need to concentrate my efforts on doing something. We all do.
Lately, I have heard complaints from certain individuals that once they get behind, it all becomes too overwhelming. They are focusing on all the things they have to do instead of focusing on them one at a time. For me, instead of trying to gather this massive pile of information that is associated with my topic, I just need to focus on one path and follow it.
Sometimes we let the worry about what we have to do, distract us from doing. We see all the final projects, papers, Christmas gifts, lesson ideas, back dated homework assignments, or even future homework assignments and get distracted in the idea of doing it all. We just need to take them one at a time. Pick an assignment and go. When you have completed it, move to the next one.
I was trying to do this the other day and one of my co-workers wanted me to do something else, listen to them, or start another project while I was working on one already. I looked at her and had to tell her that I could not start another project right now. She started harassing me about not being able to multi-task. I told her that when I did start the project for her or stop to listen to her, I wanted to make sure she had my complete attention. I did not want to give her good, I wanted to give her the best.
Isn't that all that has been asked of us. Just do your best. Don't let homework, projects, TV, texting, or pressure from peers distract you from doing your best. That includes yourself. You can become a distraction by telling yourself that you can't. You can. Just give it your best.
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