Angela’s Theory of Getting Stuff Done
Step 1: Decide to do it
Step 2: Do it
Step 3: Finish or sustain it
So for example, I want to start running.
Step 1: Decide to start running
Step 2: Walk/Run
Step 3: Keep running
Or let’s say I want to eat healthy
Step 1: Decide to eat healthy
Step 2: Make gradual changes until I’m eating healthy
Step 3: Keep eating healthy
In the end, the important part is just doing the work that needs to be done and not worrying.
Stop whining and just do it!
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August 14, 2011 at 5:46 am
Liz
Angela, Great to see you’re back – I’ve missed your posts! How have you been? Have you completely recovered from your surgery now?
Liz
August 17, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Cindy E
I agree with your three steps. It is easy to get disconnected between them though, if a person isn’t totally committed (and then in many cases, thinks too much).
My way of thinking lately could probably be summed up in how I find myself daily eating breakfast for a few years now after decades of hating it: “It’s like eating breakfast…you don’t like to do it, but if you don’t you feel crappy and puke. So eat breakfast.” I have applied such thinking to the gym… there are days I don’t want to go, but I feel better when I do, so I do it. When when I’m kicking and screaming there.
October 12, 2011 at 9:10 am
gene @boutdrz
nice. at work we were diagraming out a problem in order to find solutions. it involved Veterans getting a flu shot. after an elaborate flowchart had been drawn up, we were asked to map out the ideal situation. mine had three steps:
Step 1: Vet wants flu shot.
Step 2: Vet gets flu shot.
Step 3: EMR updated.
ah….done.