There are few things that satisfy me more than getting things done. Your character and experience is constructed on things you have done. To claim something as an experience you had to have completed it. You can’t be a mountain climber if you have never climbed a mountain. A little more down to earth are the day to day things we all deal with and getting them done. I make a list every morning that I simply write “to do” at the top of. I then sit and think of the things I want to accomplish today along with all the things I know I must accomplish today. I prioritize each item on the list and check them off as I go. Toward the end of the day I look at my list and see if there is anything I have left to complete. If there is I try to get them done. Sometimes I will deem something that is incomplete as not important and push it to the next day. You have to be careful with that though because before you know it you will have four things that you have been moving and then they begin to become important. As some of you may know, I recently finished writing a book. The pleasure I have being able to say that is beyond explanation but I sure hope I don’t overdo my talking about it. It has taken me only fifteen years to be able to say that my book is complete so it is a big deal for me. I will be publishing it in the next few weeks so keep an eye out for “My Aumakua.” Look, if you are talking about doing something or wishing you had the time for whatever it is, I say write it down and work at it until you can check it off. Satisfaction comes with completion whether you pass or fail, win or lose, the key is that you tried. You made the effort and attempt. Go for it.
Oceanic White Tip Shark drawn with charcoal. JO