And So, We Are Stuck.
There are just days where taking one step ahead is like taking one step backwards.
Are you caught in a box? You are not alone. There are many times where too much thinking got the best of me, especially so on days where jogging on the spot trumps a terrible running experience.
It is not about running per se. It could an early executive meeting or a story we are trying to start writing. For me, both apply for this morning.
There was an early executive meeting this morning. We convened to decide on the budget for this year, and this is our third meeting on this topic.
The meeting started at 730 am, and it went into a wild goose chase for an hour. We spoke about the importance of getting our brand out to the masses. We debated on the proportion of the budget for allocation to digital and physical forms.
In a nutshell, we were where we were in the previous meeting.
And so, all of us concluded that there was no conclusion in this meeting and that we will continue when we have a breakthrough. Maybe not having this meeting is a much better decision as we could have saved an hour of our time.
I had 45 minutes before the next meeting, due to start at 915am. I told myself that I could use this time to write one story for the day. There is only one available time slot for me today, and I have to make the best of these 45 minutes.
And yet, I felt as if I’d got caught in a box, even when I can spare only 45 minutes for writing.
My mind was in a whirlpool. I wanted to write about Linkedin. However, I had no juice. I wanted to write about writing, but nothing came to mind.
I was teetering between typing a simple content post for Linkedin or a Short-Form. 10-minutes were gone before I knew it.
I went to the kitchen and made a cup of coffee. I needed to calm my internal jitters. Time was ticking away, and I wanted to make productive use of it.
Since nothing concrete came to my mind, I figured that the best story to write would be a journal of my morning. And so, I rushed back to my desk and started typing this story.
Is this story a crap-shoot compared to my usual? I do not know. I know that I got caught in a box where I wanted to publish one story given my time constraints.
Either I’d do it, or not.
I choose to do it. So, I have to play my best game with the cards I have been dealt.
Did I do my best? Not sure. I did what I could. Could it be better? Yes, of course. Am I taking a step forward in my writing? I do not know.
Does writing something mean that it is better than writing nothing? Maybe. Would it be better not to write anything today? It could be yes, no, or a maybe.
I am stuck where I am.
That said, I think a little effort goes a long way.
I might not have learned to write better this morning. That said, I have learned to type as fast as I could.
Life.
Aldric
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