I almost didn’t write this post, in fact I almost didn’t write any post for this week. Between the hustle and bustle of the Easter holidays and spending most of my day in the hospital last Thursday in awful pain, the culprit – a kidney stone…ouch!! The bottom line was I didn’t have much energy or brain power to really think about writing.
But low and behold, here I am, I rallied up that energy from somewhere to ensure I had something to post this week.
Why? Not sure, I only know that the thought of not writing this post was driving me crazy. I tried; I really tried to let it go. I told myself, it’s only one week, how could it possibly hurt. I mean really, would you have actually noticed if I didn’t write this week? I’m guessing probably not, but the problem was I know I didn’t write this week and that’s the “kicker” isn’t it?
What is it that drives us to the point that when you are worn out, done in and in my case feeling like someone gave me a shot to the kidney we still manage to get the job done! Is it the drive to accomplish? Is it the drive to be responsible? Is it the drive to ensure we don’t let anyone down? Whatever it is, it’s what keeps us moving forward at those times when we feel like running backwards.
I think it’s a wonderful trait to have, the drive to succeed, the drive to accomplish, that fantastic work ethic to get the job done, no matter what it takes. But I have to ask myself at moments like this…is being driven all that great?
Sometimes I think we blur that line far too often between doing the right thing for business vs. the right thing for us. I’m a prime example of this, here I am still recouping from probably the worst pain I have ever felt in my life (besides giving birth) and all I can think about is getting this post done (not to mention some other tasks on my to do list). Doesn’t that sound just a little crazy to you, because I’m realizing how crazy it’s sounding to me right now!
If you’ve been reading my blog, you’ll know I’m the first to admit to my faults. I’ve got quite few of them and would never even attempt to hide them. For me this is the perfect medium to recognize them, bring them to the surface (because maybe this sounds a little familiar to one or two of you), then put some action in place to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.
This time is no exception. So I’m going to leave you with one thought before I end this post. What is it that drives you? And are you being driven in the right direction for you?
