31 Days of Doing the Hard Thing: Just Do It.

I’m in the middle of a sewing project and I am procrastinating and distracting myself with anything I can to not finish it.

I’ve been sucked into social media, dawdling in the kitchen, picking up stray pieces of fabric clouding my living room…anything to not have to finish this stupid poofed sleeve for a costume.

All because, I don’t really know what I’m doing.

I’ve googled and researched, but there’s something scary about putting scissors to fabric…especially when you have a very limited amount left and you want to avoid a trip the store.

At some point, I just have to jump in and make the cut.  Take a risk, and try.

I feel like that’s the story of my life right now.  There is so much right now that I don’t really know how to do.  I have a generalized idea or direction, and I’ve read up and researched, but I haven’t done it.  God keeps asking me to step out in Doing Hard Things, with no sure footing or direction other than Him.

Sometimes we get an idea, or a nudge to DO something.  It’s scary, involves facing fears, and we don’t know exactly how to do it.  It’s messy and we aren’t quite sure how to start.  So we put it off.  We distract ourselves with other things…anything!

Sometimes it’s materialism…shopping (for the deals, of course or because the kids NEED new clothes), hours of researching the brand new car, plotting about the potentially new house.  Maybe it’s spirituality, being at church every time the door is open, always raising your hand to volunteer.  Or maybe it’s health, eating all the right things, working out all the days, running the miles.  Or maybe it’s just social media and flat out wasting time on it.  There are dozens of different things we can use to distract ourselves from the task at hand.  Most of them are good things too…but if it’s not the task we’ve been called to and we are spending an inordinate amount of time doing it, it’s procrastinating, distracting and disobeying.

Don’t be more afraid of messing up than you are of obeying.  Don’t be more afraid of failure than you are of just DOING the thing.

I’m not sure what you’re putting off today…maybe a phone call, maybe a trip to the gym, maybe a conversation with someone, maybe starting on that project, or making a scary commitment…but whatever you are putting off, I would encourage you to Do the Hard Thing and rip the band aid off.  Stop being distracted or procrastinating and just do it.

That costume…it turned out really cute.  Glad I finally jumped in and made the cut.