I thought it’d be temporary. I thought that the need to write everything down, keep a tight schedule, and organize everything was a phase, just a moment in my life to get me through school. I thought that as a serious adult working a real job that i was done with that. So I let it go. I decided to do what I told myself everyone else was doing. The hustlers just get after it. The real boss people run in the direction of their goals. They just get things done. If they were able to be successful guided only by their passions surely I could be as well. I looked at the techniques that I used in school as the training wheels that I could finally take off my bike. I graduated. So off they went only for this metaphorical bike to tip over, taking me with it.
I am starting to realize that I need structure and routine. They weren’t training wheels; they were my handlebars.
Training wheels are used as a temporary support to help you learn. It makes thing a little bit easier. But once you get the skill to balance on your own, you don’t need them anymore. Your handlebars, however, should always remain. Among other things, they help you steer. They help you direct your effort. Can you direct your bike without them? Yes, but that requires a whole lot of effort. Why do that to yourself?
Structure and routine sometimes seems unnecessary and overly rigid, but it’s what it takes for me to reach my goals. After a year of just winging, I’m ready to get this bike back in motion. Time to build the necessary systems to help me do just that.
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