It’s pretty easy to do a lot that amounts to not. In fact, I consider myself a master of the art. I have more lists than you’d believe, a massive library of books and magazines that I can barely keep up with, and a whole inbox of notes to re-read. But here’s one thing that’s made a huge difference for me this year. The secret to making it come together? Follow-through and not biting off more than you can chew. Too easy? Hardly. The correlation between the two and the results have been anything but insignificant.
Having too many initiatives and too much to do is demotivating. It slows you down, you feel overwhelmed, and you never get to anything. It’s like an overstuffed closet. It keeps getting scarier and scarier to even walk in there, until you’re finally forced into to-do list bankruptcy. Give your body and mind some time to digest. It may not feel as monumental, but something as simple as forcing yourself to try one new pose per wedding will yield massive increases over the course of a year. Storing up a list of 500 bookmarks to get back to review when you finally have some time, on the other hand, will not. I’ve spent more years than I want to count looking at how little I’ve gotten done. It might not seem like one or two important tasks per week is enough, especially in a tight economy when you want a jump on things, but imagine looking back at the end of the year and seeing how you accomplished 104 different objectives or you know 104 new ways to pose a couple. Not too shabby, right?
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