Just Do It!

Just do it! Nike might need to pay me for this endorsement. Lol. No seriously, I think they have one of the most brilliant slogans. Who would have thought that ‘just doing it’ would be so difficult? I mean, procrastination- this has to be the enemy of progress!

I’m sitting here, working my brains out on a project I have known about for the last 3 months. (I really hope my professor is not reading this). But really, this is the story of my life on just about everything else. I usually know what needs to be done, but I choose to wait…I chase butterflies…dance in the rain…count sheep, and then…quick! I’m running out of time! Somehow the pressure pushes me to accomplish what I need to do. I wing it. Often times. Many times. Most of the time. But then I was thinking about how much better it would be if I didn’t wait that long to start. If I just do it, when I’m supposed to. If I take my time to plan, strategize and execute without the unnecessary pressure. How excellent would I be in the things that I do?

A friend of mine recently told me that procrastination is the curse of the introvert. I thought to myself, surely, can this curse not be undone? Of course it can. I can do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength. This is not just in reference to the ‘big’ things, but also the little things that are important to me because they matter to God too.

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I am a recovering procrastinator. I am making conscious decisions to stop mulling over things I need to do- to stop over processing them and just get them done. It is in my nature to do things when I feel that I have fully figured them out; when they are perfect. But I realize

that the only way I can perfect those things is not in my head, but rather in taking chances and doing them…figuring it out as I move along. Take a chance with me, will you?

"Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth"

- Proverbs 27:1

*Side bar*

I bumped into an acquaintance the other day (anajijua). He questioned me at length about my blog posts…why I was not writing as much. I had a myriad of excuses! He went on to tell me that he has been an avid reader, that my writing encourages and challenges him. He even told me how he introduced his sister to my blog and she had been asking him, “Has she written anything else yet”? You know what? I needed that. I needed to be called out and put on the spot about it. I can give you a gazillion reasons as to why I have been slow in writing but I won’t. So here I am, committing to “Just do it”, whether I feel like it or not, and making time to write even when I am busy, knowing that I write not just to offload but mostly, and especially, to encourage one or maybe two of you on your journey. Catch you next month!

From my heart to yours,

Kambua M.