Be Aware, Make Choices

I always wanted to be the best at something. And I defined best as being famous.

At the end of high school, I didn't go into music because I didn't have the talent to be famous musician. I didn't try for a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing either because I was afraid of not being the best writer (or even getting into the program).

When I started my organizing business, one goal was to become a top-known organizer in Canada. Then when I started this blog, I wanted to become a very popular blogger. And because I put such high expectations on myself, I've always had a nagging sense of failure and insecurity.

I'm learning not to care about what the world thinks. I now simply do my best at whatever I'm doing in the moment.

Take the novel I'm editing. I want it to be the best book I can write, but not so that it will make the best seller list, be made into a movie, and me be the next Helen Fielding. I want to write the best book I can simply for itself. If any of those other things happen, then great. I'm so thrilled to have even written a novel that getting it published would be a bonus.

Someday Lessons:

No Someday Lessons today. Instead I'm joining in on The Ultimate Guide to Productivity meme started at Instigator Blog and passed on to me by Janet Barclay

Alex's tip: Always be aware of why you are doing something and that you are consciously choosing to do it. Procrastination and other inefficient behaviours will drop away when you do.

I'm opening the tagging to anyone who reads the blog and wants to add their productivity tip(s).

Comments

[Amy Mowbray]

I heard a quote the other day. "You are perfect just the way you create!"

[Janet Barclay]

I think your tip is a kind of Someday Lesson - when you say "Oh, I'll get around to it someday" you are choosing NOT to do it now, and you're encouraging us to be more aware of those choices. N'est-ce pas?

[Alex Fayle]

I love the quote Amy. It goes with my philosophy of actively creating the world you want.

And Janet, yes it is a Someday Lesson isn't it? I guess I stayed true to the theme of the blog and mixed productivity with someday thinking.

[Brother Robert]

Isn't having to jump through a series of blogs counter-productive?

[Alex Fayle]

Yes, that was my first thought, but then I found out that Benjamin at Instigator Blog is going to be collecting all the tips he's heard about into a single post on his blog with links to each of ours.

In actuality reading multiple blogs is counter-productive unless you are committed to them. I take about an hour a day to read and comment on the blogs I check regularly.