I have been in a funk some of this week, feeling down, disengaged, low energy, and even angry. As I am coming out of it this morning, I read the daily quote from Ester Hicks. “Decide and then make it the right decision. There are many choices. All and any one of them is better than no decision.”
This rings true to me. One day this week, I was sort of working, sort of packing for my big back-packing adventure and thinking about the one I wasn’t doing while I was doing the other. I was also sort of helping my son with his truck maintenance. I was in this funk of in-between. I was stuck in indecision. Late in the afternoon, I asked my son if he would like me to help him finish before it got dark. He did. So I changed my clothes, and gave my full focus to helping him. I immediately started to feel better. Later, when journaling about my day, I realized that was THE high of my day when it hadn’t even been on action list. I like working on cars and I like hanging out with Sawyer. But what really made that enjoyable was that I gave it my full attention without thinking about something else or that I should be doing something else. I had decided.
I am doing many things in my life right now and spending a lot of time thinking about what I should be doing too. Being stuck not deciding is the worst as I am feeling stuck, using my time and energy, and not getting anything done either. So whether it is a big decision: This job or that? To sell the business or not? Or a little one: To have this or that for dinner? To work on this item on my priority list or that one? Decide! Trying to make THE right decision leaves us stuck in the middle. As Colin Powell said, “If you wait until you have all the information, the time to make the decision will have passed you.” What decision do you need to make? What decision have you been putting off for a while? Make it this weekend and then make it the right decision. With you focus, your energy, your commitment, make it the right one. And see how good it feels.
Have a great weekend,
Art
