Finish what I start

...before I’ve finished ‘The Now Habit’. I’ve started reading it ages ago and never finished ergo never applied the full knowlege of the book. I want to read it this time completely and things I want to try and implement into my life I want to keep track of on here.

1. Take a more kamikaze approach to tasks
2. Lower my expectations of the end result
3. Take risks
4. Burst things out like in a manic draft and edit it down later instead of going slow, precise and cautious every step of the way
5. Build without tearing down
6. Seek feedback not agreement
7. Use the Finish-Then-Add–Details technique (FTAD)

For example, if I’m a juggler, create a juggling routine to perform. This allows me to perform a routine at any time. Use the FTAD method to create it. Create a simple routine and practice it until I’m perfect at it. I can perform the routine whenever called for. I should also have a new routine that I’m working on. It should be the same as the previous routine but with one more juggling trick in it. When I’ve mastered the new routine it becomes my main one. Now add a move to create a better routine. This applies to playing music, performing magic, telling jokes or even talking about my job or business. Always have a finished product that’s always ready.

If I write articles, try to write a paragraph on my subject, and then try to get to a page in length. When I reach one page, stop and finish it by getting others to review my work.

If my desk is a mess, throw the papers in a box and label it with the date. Go through the box when I have spare time or if I need something I’ve put in it. I’ve finished cleaning my desk and can worry about the details later.

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/How_to_finish_what_you_start.html

1. I don’t ever have to show it to anyone, it’s incomplete, innit
2. I avoid having my work criticised
3. I can’t fail a work in progress, as long as it’s pending there’s the possibility of it becoming a success
4. As long as I work on a project I have control over it, it’s in my power what happens with it—once I finish it (and hand it in for example) I have no or limited influence over what happens next

...where I get dizzy and scared because I am farthest away from any shore. Furthest away from the beginning and equally far away from being done so I dangle in the middle of nowhere and get lost. Literally. ^{takes a deep breath} It seems this is always the point where I get stuck and stop only to fall behind again and by the time I catch myself and get back on track I am nearly where I began in the first place only to march on forward until…I am in the middle again looping between start, stop and not getting the job done. I really need to find a way how I can make it through the last bit of any task better and first and foremost ask myself:

• Why do I lack the courage and/or motivation to finish the project by not stopping but going forward?
• What’s really making me pause half way there to even realise I’m neither at the beginning nor the end instead of just getting on and done with it?
• What are the advantages of me not finishing what I start?

These are really the questions I need to find answers for. My oh my!