Most people can broadly be divided into two groups – those of us who get stuff done with efficiency, and those of us who try to put off getting stuff done.
Whichever camp you fall into, there is a certain amount of worry that can come along with a to-do list that you are yet to tackle. If you have ever added something you just did, or something entirely irrelevant to your to-do list just so you can tick it off and feel productive; if you have ever asserted that “that’s a tomorrow problem”; if you have ever wondered why you are still wondering about maybe doing the thing instead of actually doing the thing… this is probably aimed at you.
The equation is a blindingly simple one, and one that Nike expertly encapsulated in their world-famous slogan Just Do It. When we just get on and do the thing that we are worried about, we reduce the worry about doing that thing. When we just do it, it is then just done.
So, this week, choose one thing that you have been putting off and Just Do It. Whether it’s sorting your bedroom out, beginning that assignment or having that tricky conversation about that thing – the advance worrying is most likely the hardest part. Once the process begins and the task is done, you may wonder what all the worry was even for.
