My greatest gadget right now is my phone. Not because it allows me to communicate better or keep up to date with what's happening on social media. But because it has the maps app. What's so special about that? I hear you ask. Well, I can get impatient as a driver and traffic is not my friend! So the moment I see brake lights, I'm looking for the nearest shortcut, the quickest route to get to my destination.
That's what we can be like in life in general. Looking for the nearest shortcut, the quickest way to get things done. But for me, I've found the quickest way to get things done, is to get things done. Sounds obvious, but hear me out.
This week, I had a day at work to finish displays in my classroom - laminating, cutting letters out, sticking up work! LONG! All I could think was that it was going to take ages! So then enters procrastination 😁 As I begin to think about how to complete this job quicker, I get distracted and begin to play on my phone! A job that I wanted to be finished asap, was now going to take me longer to finish. Eventually I came to my senses and realised that the quickest way to get this job done, is to get the job done.
Sometimes we can befriend procrastination or chase after short cuts, only to find that the journey is going to take longer!
Shortcuts have their place, but the quickest way to get something done, is to get something done.
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