Just Do It Already.
For two years now, I’ve been saying that I want to make a personal website that encompasses all of my projects, interests, and thoughts. For over a year, I’ve had the domain. Months ago, I started a Google Drive folder that I used to plan the layout, wording, images, etc. I even had a couple versions that I started and didn’t finish in Squarespace. The template was never just right, the wording was never just right… and so they sat there unfinished, just taking up space. But tonight, for whatever reason, I decided to just get it done already. I logged in, picked a whole new template, and just went at it until it was complete.
I spent about six hours doing something that I had been ‘planning’ for two years.
The funny thing is, not once did I reference any of those notes and ideas that I’d planned. It was never about getting ready; it was really all just a sneaky form of procrastination.
Action breeds action. I know this. I say this all the time. The more you do, the more confidence you have in yourself to do more and to keep going. This is what happened to me this evening. As the words, layout, and imagery started coming together on my screen, I couldn’t stop. I wasn’t thinking about doing it, I was just doing it.
The site isn’t perfect, and I’m sure that it will change a hundred times before the year is up. But guess what, it’s up. It’s no longer just an idea. And now, I see something that I finished and am proud of. This makes me feel good about moving on to my next project and finishing that as well.
It’s good to plan, but a terrible waste of time to over-plan. As a perfectionist, I have a tendency to let perfect be the enemy of the good. I can have the best ideas, but then struggle with execution. But the process isn’t about ideas, the process is about finishing. When you have a task on your plate, just face it and get it done already. You’ll feel great about it afterwards.
That being said, welcome to my site! I’m doing so much these days that it’s almost hard for me to keep up with myself lol. I’m challenging myself to write more -so this will be a central place where you can see what I’m working on, what I care about, and how I’m learning and growing as a person :)