Skin in the Game

A little over a week ago, I started this blog with the full intent to blog consistently and regularly. I was so pumped to start blogging again, and so motivated to have an avenue to share my thoughts and interests. However, life has been so busy that I did not write a single blog the entire week.

I consume a lot of productivity and self-help content. And many of them say that saying you don’t have time to do something somewhat becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, because you have already made an excuse for yourself not to do it. The better (and more honest way) to say it is “it is not my priority right now.” This is meant to give you the sense of control over what you choose to do, instead of falling a victim to the excuse of not having enough time.

For example, today, before I started writing this blog entry (it is 8:33AM now on a Monday), I woke up, got my baby ready for the daycare, got myself ready to go to the gym, dropped her off, then at the last minute, decided not to go to the gym instead. As I was parking the car home after dropping the baby at the daycare, I rationalised: it’s raining so hard now, the walk to the gym would be terrible, it’s late, I’d be rushing my workout and rushing back to make my 9AM meeting, I can go in the afternoon when the weather is meant to get better, etc. The truth is, as much as I KNOW working out is important, it just was not my top priority. If it were, it wouldn’t even be a decision I needed to make. It would just be: I go to the gym every morning. What I know are important and what I actually prioritze can be two different things. And the disconnect pains me. I need to bridge this gap.

Going back to blogging, I WANT to blog more consistently. I want to make more thoughful entries. But I guess the reality is, what I want and what I prioritise can also be two different things.

So for now, to breach this gap, I am going to settle for less: I will settle for a less thoughtful and less polished blog entry in exchange for actually publishing one. I will settle for shorter work out sessions in exchange for actually working out. Perfect is the enemy of done, right?