“One half of knowing what you want
is knowing what you must give up before you get it.”

  – Sidney Howard

This quote made me realize that to get what I want I need to give up things such as procrastination, lack of focus, playing on the Internet…

If you think about it, giving up something we do on a regular basis can require huge sacrifices.

Not procrastinating means producing – words on the page, checks on our to-do lists, whatever we need to accomplish – now.  Not letting our minds wander means staying on task…somehow.  And skipping playtime on the Internet (or the time suck of your choice) – well, that’s too scary even to contemplate, isn’t it?

As the quote tells us, knowing what to give up gets us halfway to knowing what we want.  That’s a great achievement in itself.

I’d like to think knowing what to give up – and following through on that – also creates opportunities and choices we’ve never had before.

With all those benefits, how can we not give this a try?

I’m giving up trying to function without a daily task list.  In other words, I’m finding focus!  (Will let you know next week how that’s working for me.  ;))

Are you willing to sacrifice something this week to help you achieve your goals?

All my best,

Barbara