“Just Do It”
All last week I felt like there was an echo in my life to “just do it.” It showed up in my hobbies, dreams, and future goals. It’s almost like I came out of a daze and on the other side of the fog, I found little treasures waiting for me. And those treasures needed my time, so I started blocking out moments in my calendar to be with them.
I’m not one to stand still. I’m always moving, but I can’t say I’m always moving forward. When I’m alone, you can find me shuffling from room to room; rearranging, stacking, staring, thinking, considering… always in my mind, rarely effectively present. I can easily spend a whole lot of time daydreaming, and pensively planning, (quite confidently always in my head) but lately I’ve found an avenue of “doing.”
It’s like a bell rang last week. “Time to get up and go…” A confirmation to keep dreaming, but also a conviction to start tangibly getting to it as well. If I want to craft, I should craft. If I want to learn Korean, I should really get those Hangul alphabet note cards out and study. If I want to write, then I need to write.
I even had a friend text me one morning last week, “Writer… start writing!” I could hear her voice in the message like a declaration and a command and I actually laughed out loud because it was perfect! I was already on my way to a coffee shop to write. It felt like I was on the right page.
My point is – just do it. Be present. Live your dreams, keep moving forward and make the most of life and where you want to go. But also, don’t put too much pressure on what you’re doing and how you’re doing it. Let things come as they come and trail where they’ll trail. Observe life around you, keep a bend toward adventure and have fun in the mischief of it all.
