In this season of plans and resolutions, it’s enticing to think big. Run a marathon! Write a novel! Clean out and transform the whole house!
These are all great goals, but for most people I know, it’s tough to figure out what to do once you’ve decided on a plan. It’s so tough, in fact, that lots of these lofty goals die on the vine.
My plan for this year is this: Just do the next thing.
Run for twenty minutes.
Write three hundred words.
Tackle a junk drawer.
Just do the next thing. And if you don’t have a goal, or you’re not sure of your plan, the same applies. Choose a next thing and do that. Amazingly, each next thing leads to another next thing, and often you end up in the most perfect place that you could never have planned for.
