Good is the enemy of great. Planning is the enemy of doing. Palpatine
is the enemy of Yoda.
As you well know if you're a regular here, I'm a
big fan of people chasing their dreams. Here's the max formula yet
again:
1. dream,
2. research/plan,
3. try,
4.
fail,
5. repeat.
after lunch today with a friend who's
road managing a backstreet boy, I have come to this
conclusion:
Sometimes people get stuck in
the planning stage. I believe in planning. I love research. I think before
you embark on any endeavor you should ask someone who's done it to tell you all
about it. If you don't know any astronauts/ballerinas/pro bass fishermen you
should read a book about it. But here's where it goes wrong. If after 60 days
you're spending more time planning than doing, you're probably letting fear keep
you in the planning stage. If you've pretty much only done planning then you're
most likely stuck. Planning feels like progress. But it can actually impede
progress if you never get past the planning
stage.
So quit waiting for the weekend to
work on your book. Quit building the perfect creative space. Quit reading
books about creativity. Quit reading this blog. Hold your nose and jump in.
Get your feet wet. Make beginner art. Be bad at something. Get your bum in
the chair and create/practice/snowboard or whatever it is you wanted to
do.
nuff said. I'm off to work on a
song.
Sold my 30D and 10-22 to said
road manager who should be writing his book on touring. New shiny shiny 5D and
16-35 in the mail. woo hoo. (well that's woo hoo combined with "owie" when I
realize how much more money I'm spending)
Posted: Fri - November 3, 2006 at 04:25 PM
