Changing Landscape

Our life’s journey takes place in a changing world. The landscape shifts around us as we make our path through it.

We strive towards milestones, destinations, but the ground does not moving. Even if we pause in our journey the landscape does not stop changing. Destinations move further from us, nearer to us, or disappear entirely.

The world we journey through changes because we are not the alone in travelling. Technology, economics, politics, and social are some of the factors influencing the changes and shifts on the landscape we travel. Technology can bring a goal nearer by providing us with better tools to achieve it. It can also make our goal obsolete.

Nothing we do can stop change from happening.

We must accept that the landscape shifts. We must continue our journey despite it. Remain flexible. If the position of your destination shifts you must be able to adapt. That may mean understanding that the journey may be longer or even that you must change your destination.

by Colin Brosnan

Back Along the Path

We journey through life from milestone to milestone.

Now and then we pause and look back along the path we’ve traveled. We judge the steps we’ve taken and the steps we haven’t. We judge our progress. And sometimes we come up short. The journey we’ve made is less than we hoped. We judge that we’ve not come far enough. We judge that we’ve moved too slowly or too quickly. Procrastinated or rushed. Stayed a while too long or not long enough. We could judge our journey all of these things.

We cannot change the steps we’ve taken. We cannot make them faster or slower. We cannot make them different. The steps we’ve taken are set. They are past.

Yet, our journey is not over. We have more to travel. Past steps do not set the steps of the future.

by Colin Brosnan

Methods

There are many ways of doing things. Some are better, some are worse.

Is a blank screen the same as a blank page? They are both blank. They both need to be filled. But, if you’re stuck on one it could help to try the other.

This isn’t just something to try if you’re writing. There are different methods for most things. If you’re stuck with one try another.

by Colin Brosnan

Keep it Clear

You wake up and the first thing you think of doing is reaching for you phone.

But don’t. Keep it clear. Don’t put blocks in your way.

Don’t immediately go online. Don’t immediately go into content consumption mode.

Give yourself a chance to boot up. Give yourself a chance to start forming thoughts.

Don’t drown everything in your brain out before it has an opportunity to catch hold.

Keep it clear.

by Colin Brosnan

Repeat

Sometimes you feel like you’re repeating yourself. Perhaps you are. Sometimes it’s worth repeating.

Telling yourself to start.

Telling yourself to get it done.

Telling yourself it doesn’t have to be perfect.

Telling yourself many a thing you need to hear.

Sometimes it’s worth repeating.

by Colin Brosnan

Today’s Deadline

If you say you’ll get something done today, what do you mean?

Do you mean you’ll have it done by close of business?

Do you mean you’ll have it done by midnight?

Do you mean you’ll have it done before you go to bed, which could be 2 am tomorrow morning?

Depending on what you’re getting done the answer could be any of the three options. It only matters that you know which is appropriate and get it done by the deadline.

by Colin Brosnan

Tomorrow is a New Day

Tomorrow is a new day. Remember that.

Maybe today was a triumph. Great, well done. Tomorrow is a new day. You get to do it all again. You get to overcome new obstacles. You get to conquer another day. Remember that.

Maybe today was a disaster. Everything went wrong. You said the wrong things. You did the wrong things. You didn’t do enough things. That’s okay. It’s over. Tomorrow is a new day. You get to start again. You get to try again. Remember that.

Today is what it was. Today was what it could be. Now you’re done with it. Tomorrow awaits. Tomorrow always awaits. A new day. Remember that.

by Colin Brosnan

It’s Taking Too Long

Are we there yet? This journey is taking too long.

Yes, the journey is long. Yes, there are many more steps. But, if you don’t keep going, if you give up too soon, you will have nothing to show for your efforts.

Yes, the start and the finish are the most interesting parts. But the middle, the in-between, matters just as much. The in-between connects beginning to end. Without the middle you have a start but no end.

No, we’re not there yet, but the journey matters.

by Colin Brosnan