Life is about doing things

Years ago, a hippie cover guitarist at a bar said something I found very profound:

"Life is about doing things."

Sometimes, some things can be so simple. Not everything inspiring has to come from Ted Robbins or Simon Sinek.

We all want to be successful, we want to be financially well, and leave an impact on our society. We want to be recognized for our work, and we want our job to help others. How do we make all that happen?

I've written about planning our lives, creating bucket lists, personal missions, and discovering our values. All of that is irrelevant if we do not act upon what we need, have, and want to do.

There is that thing we need to do. We said we were going to start a project. It has now become chronically and repeatedly rescheduled in our to-do list for months, maybe years.

Ask yourself: is this project important in my life? Is it part of my LEVELL Bucket List? Will doing it minimize regret down the road, or will it be a stepping stone to something else I want to do later in life?

If the answer is "Yes" to ANY of the previous questions, then it might be worth pursuing the project ASAP. That doesn't mean we will finish the project quickly or that it will be successful. But we must actively attempt to do it. There are many ways to tackle what usually seems like a large project. The most obvious one is to break it into small tasks.

Want to start a non-profit? How do you start? There is no "non-profit organizations" retailer where you can save money and purchase it. There are many things to do, like determining the organization's purpose, meeting with people who know about the topic, budgeting, writing, or speaking about it so others with similar interests may join you in that effort or vice-versa. Breaking big projects is usually the first way to tackle something ambiguous.

Another method is to create a streak that leads you toward completing the project. The streak might be to get something related to the project done every single day. It could include any of the previously mentioned tasks. The point about streaks is making progress, no matter how small, and creating momentum.

At some point, the otherwise ambiguous project will take a life of its own, and the next steps will become more apparent.

Whatever it is, we are involved, and whatever project we want to bring to life, don't forget that at the end of the day, you just need to do the thing you set out to do. It's easy to get caught up in complexity and dependencies. All relevant things in this world have been done by one or a group of people who approached complex challenges from a different perspective and through hard work. Hard things are hard, so break hard into small pieces and do the things you have to do.