I wanted to play bass.
I got a bass.
I don't play the bass.
I wanted to edit video.
I learned how to edit video.
I don't edit video.
I wanted to quit smoking.
I told myself it's my last cigarette.
I bought another pack.
I have a problem.
I can't follow through.
I think too much.
I don't do enough.
I come up with ideas. I talk about them. I plan them out. I make lists. I look up information. I take notes... and then,
crickets.
nothing.
I lack motivation. I lack discipline. Everything is better in my head.
I wonder where I got this curse.
I have huge IDEAS for my future... and at this rate, that is all they will ever be.
Ideas.
Pemm. I empathize with this post a lot. And it's a subject where I have a lot of experience- the coming up of ideas and the not doing of said ideas. Here's what I've seen to help.
ReplyDelete1. Look at your end goal (one of your many, I'm sure) and think about practical steps. Wanting to edit videos is actual step 1, not the last one. Why do you want to edit videos? To make a movie? To make short films? To make a documentary? To just keep memories of your life? Those are reasons to edit videos. It also gives you an idea of when you need to have your camera around to film. Does that make sense?
2. Accountability. You need the helpful, and sometimes obnoxious, folks who are going to ask you about your progress. They're going to tell you about their own progress on their own projects which will also spur you on to keep working. If you have some quality folks who are also fighting the beast of making their ideas become reality, it has this strange way of motivating through osmosis.
You can do this Pemm. Start by making a list of your projects. Then send it to me!