Pushing through the rough parts — End of the Day for April 7, 2014

April arrives and it is almost possible to believe that the second quarter of the year is upon us. The year seems to be rocketing by. In a year when I hope to accomplish a lot the speed at which it is passing is a bit alarming. Every day that passes without major accomplishments is gone and can’t be regained, This can weigh on my mind a bit, sometimes, I think that it is probably something that everyone experiences on occasion. Call it worry. Call it stress. Call it feeling unaccomplished. I think all apply.

That is not to say i am not accomplishing things on both the work and personal side. I get a lot done from day to day, some of it hits its mark and some strays a bit or doesn’t measure up even to my own standards. It is when I fall short that the overall doubts creep in. I have to be very careful to not go “down the rabbit hole” with my own self-doubt. Start over-juding yourself and anyone can become non-functional. Instead, you have to just keep trying, keep working, keep creating and learn from everything you do. If you learn a little something each time, you’ll grow better day after day — or at least that is my hope.

I will admit that some days it can be a slog, though. You have to work through all the rough spots to get to the good ones and sometimes you can’t tell what is going to work out in the end. I can put a lot of effort into something only to have to struggle a bit in its final form. That is the trouble with life in general, I would guess, though, You are never quite sure how things will turn out in the end, You just have to keep trying. There is really no other way.

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