Avoidance & Distraction | Just Do The Thing
Planning The Thing
Some Things require a detailed plan. But not as many as you’d think.
The thinking part can quickly become its own problem. This distracts you from The Thing.
Replace questions like “What’s the best place to begin?” with “What’s the smallest, simplest, soonest way I can start?”
Replace questions like “Which part comes first?” with “What’s the cheapest way to test this out?”
Structuring The-Thing-That-Doesn’t-Exist-Yet is a hollow endeavor. Get a Thing going and let it tell you what it needs next. It’s your job to listen to your Thing, not to boss it around.
In this world of change where things get faster and faster, it is downright silly to think that you can know everything you need to finish your Thing before you even start. Maybe the world was that predicable at one time, but now? Yeah, not so much.
Planning Things in detail before starting them is a splendid way to fail. So don’t.
If you’ve defined Done, just start already. Pay attention to your Thing, it’s telling you what it needs next. Listen and plan as you go.