accomplishment

everyone loves the feeling of accomplishment. to have accomplished your dream, or finally finishing a project you've started, or doing something that you love. it's a great feeling. i love that feeling so much. and i experience it so little. at least i think i do.

i've learned to make lists. i love checking off items one by one. i have a horrible habit of starting things that i never finish. i really need the deadline to be someone else's in order to finish things. but i've learned that about myself; i've accepted it. and i try to work around it. i know i need small projects, small steps. i get that feeling every time i accomplish anything, so i know that if i even finish part of the whole i feel good. i also know it feels better the larger the accomplishment. so smalls steps to the big picture works the best for me.

the other problem i have is starting. to bring myself to start a project from a blank canvas is very hard for me. if it can be anything i want it to be, that ends up being too much of a challenge. my solution for that is to determine if i really want it. if i do, i go for it. if i don't, i'll just putter around about it, then let it die its slow death.

passion, that's the real key to it all. to be so passionate about something that it carries you straight through. it compels you to begin. it gives you that second wind when things seem their hardest. and it guarantees a solid finish. all you need is passion. then comes accomplishment.