This happened to me this morning, but let me give you a bit of background. I have a lot of positive plans for 2010, but a few new projects are stalled, and I've been thinking all week about how to move forward. At the same time, worrying about them is using up time that could be put towards my on-going projects. What to do? Do I continue working on solving my new projects? Do I abandon them and put all my time towards my on-going projects? Do I simply give everything up and start over? Tough questions, especially this early into a new year.
Having spent a restless night, I got up too tired to think about this today. Taking Scarlett O'Hara's approach (for those of you who didn't take the advice in my last blog to watch some classic movies, Scarlett is the heroine of Gone with the Wind), I decided that I'd think about all this tomorrow...or more likely Monday since my weekend seems to be already filled with family stuff. To try to reduce some of the stress, I thought I'd spend a bit of time playing one of my favorite computer card games.
Now, I realize that I am horribly technology-retarded, and by reading that I still play card games on my computer, most of you are thinking "when will she get into the 21st century"? Well, as it turns out, this computer card game came in handy this morning, as it handed me the answer I was looking for. Without going into too many details, near the end of the game when you are about to lose, you have the option of doing a Ctrl-Z which undoes your last move. This allows you to try out a few options and back out if they don't allow you to continue on to win the game. It doesn't usually work, but it's better than giving up right away. As I was using this strategy (some of you might call it cheating, I call it strategy :-)), I kept thinking "no way, I'm not giving up, I'm going to win this stupid game". And then it happened...I won! Ok, bizarre, let's try this again. And I won again. And then it hit me!
BANG!!!!!
That's it! Determination and belief. Remember, we've talked about this before in this blog. Sometimes things are so obvious that we lose them in the midst of all our "complex" thinking. Maybe what is missing in the application of my plans is determination and belief. Regardless of whether I decide to continue on with my new projects or drop them and concentrate on my on-going projects, the point is that I need to BELIEVE that I will succeed, and then set my teeth in DETERMINATION and refuse to lose the game. Maybe get a little mad in the process, but also think about the card game: when a particular move doesn't seem to work, back up, reset and try another move. But the point is to win the game.
Ok, so I'm off to work again. Scarlett will just have to think about things tomorrow without me, I'll be busy trying another move. Maybe you'll be doing the same thing. I believe that it will work for you too. Good luck!
