Do You Make Things More Difficult for Yourself?

Here’s the big question of the day. Do you make things more difficult for yourself? Or, am I the only one? This particular dilemma is seemingly simple and yet it is reflective of many things in life. So, here goes.

We were in Colorado last week and I took tons of beautiful pictures. In my last blog I promised, pictures to come. And, here I am one week later and have not posted any pictures. Now, I am pretty sure that none of you have been waiting with bated breath, but I said I was going to do it so I want to do what I said I would. In the past I have posted pictures daily rather than waiting until the end of the trip. It was manageable and fun! This time I was so pooped after hiking all day I didn’t even want to look at the pictures, much less post them and say something witty about each one. I just wanted to kick back with a glass of wine, some bread, olives, and cheese and simply veg.

So, here I am one week later and I have about 300 pictures to sort through and it is overwhelming. What is so funny to me is that I often talk with my clients about do-able chunks and about not needing to be perfect. Perhaps I should listen to myself. My do-able chunk is to post a few pictures and then next week post a few more.

I didn’t even talk about another part of my overwhelm. The question came up in my mind about whether I should post them on my blog or post them to the Purposed Lives Facebook page or both. Talk about spinning my wheels and my brain! Please tell me that I am not the only one who makes things more difficult for myself. This is such a good example of wanting to do the “right” thing, make the “right” choices when there really is no way to do it wrong. It’s only a matter of taking one small step and then the next small step.

Where do you make things more difficult for yourself? How could you let it go and give yourself the benefit of the doubt? When does wanting to do things perfectly get in your way and stop you in your tracks?

PS I did post a few pictures! Click here to view them and while you’re at it “like” the Purposed Lives Facebook page and see pictures as they are posted next week.