Just Do It!

Nike has it right. If you really want to do something, thinking about it, planning for it, talking to people about it, or even researching it will never ever get you closer to actually DOING IT. You have to choose a moment and JUST DO IT!

So here I am. Just doing it. What's IT? Writing.

I started this year with a promise to myself to write more. Blog. Journal. Write a book. Just WRITE more.

So I think everyday about things I want to write about. I read blogs online from other people writing about what they love. Sometimes when I'm running, I will think of topics and even full paragraphs about what I want to write. And then I get home...and I don't write anything.

This morning I sit, sleepy-eyed, groggy, not fully awake yet and I want to write. But nothing comes to mind. Except "just do it." Just sit down, pull up a blank page, and put words on it.

I often joke with a friend: "What is the answer to - Should I run today?" My friend says "It's always YES."  That makes me think. What is the answer to the question - Should I write today? Or should I work on that project today? Or should start working toward my passion today? Maybe the answer to all those questions should be a resounding YES!

Yes, you should begin to take a little time out of your schedule to make room for those things that you love, that you've always wanted to do, that you say there is not enough time for, that you talk yourself out of, and on and on. There will always be a million reasons why you shouldn't do something. But maybe if you keep telling yourself - Yes! Just Do It! , then it will sink in. Enough for you to finally begin to do the thing you've always wanted to do.

What is the thing that you have always wanted to do? What is the thing that you think might be crazy? Or silly? Or a waste of time, but you love it anyway? Just do it. Say YES to yourself. Give yourself permission to take an hour from your weekly schedule of all the "must do's" and "have to's" and do that thing you love. That thing that makes you smile. That thing that brings you joy. Go ahead.

Just do it.