How Committed Are You?

I like to think I’m committed.

Please don’t confuse that with should be committed because we all know the easy answer to that one.

If asked I would say I’m committed to my family, my work, my writing, working out, etc. but when my friend Chris sent me this article to read: The 100-Percent Rule: The Simple Advice That Changed My Life. I kind of had an ah-ha moment.

I first felt incredibly guilty as I had to stop Netflix to read the article, and then I really began to doubt how committed I really was. I then had to watch more Netflix to forget how depressed I was.

Such a slippery slope.

But as much as I tried to forget the article stuck with me all day and into the next. It really made me pause and ask myself how committed I was. Were the things frustrating me about my lack of accomplishments because I was only 99% committed and while that seems like a lot it’s not always enough?

One of the paragraphs really hit home-

True happiness is the joy we experience when we move toward our potential. The beautiful part is when we apply the 100-percent rule to a task at hand, we complete it. A project gets wrapped. A once-hopeful intention becomes a habit. A goal is met.

The most frustrating part of my life the last few years is not getting my book sales and blog where I want it. Don’t get me wrong I am so grateful for where they’re at. I am blessed beyond belief, but they’re not quite up to the potential I know I have. And if I’m honest it’s because I have been working at 99%. I could have worked on my book or blog posts or improving my photography instead of watching Stranger Things, catching up on last season’s Grey’s Anatomy, Walking Dead, Longmire….., etc. I justify by telling myself I deserve a break because I’m exhausted. Being exhausted is no lie, but I need to make a choice.

Do I want a break or sell more books.

Do I want a break or more blog traffic?

Committing 100% is a choice. I’m ready to make it. How about you?

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