Iterations

I play the piano.  I learned for a few years but did not get into it like many do.  Looking back, I wish I had.  As it was I learned enough to be able to bluff my way through.  I was pretty  good at that.  I headed up a band and we were asked if we would play at a do for a football club like the Broncos.  We declined that but did play at Christmas do’s and at an air show.
I thought of all that because I was thinking about saying yes to things and sometimes only finding out down the track what it entails.  I am thinking that often iterations of the same thing are more challenging than the last.
Maybe that is like a “durr yes” thing but it has been reinforced to me of late.  I was binge watching a series yesterday and one of the things that stood out to me was saying yes was way more costly than imagined.  Constantly they were saying that things were simpler in the past.
I guess that is where the piano example applies.  I was unwilling to take it further than I did.  It would have meant aiming for a more intimate knowledge of the piano.  I - to my regret, acknowledge I was unwilling to do that.  I see the fruit in people’s lives of pushing through and I am really glad for it and rue the fact I am not one.
This actually had me thinking about goals.  I am a great one for saying things like, “aim for nothing and you are sure to hit it.”  I also see huge advantages in aiming for something no matter how vague it may be because I reckon it is better to hit something rather than nothing.  I am thinking my piano playing was a bit like that.
But it does occur to me today that the more committed I am to something the more demands are placed on me and the greater the importance of accuracy.  By that I mean when something is vague, “there or there abouts” makes for a good start.  In the piano example a song maybe vaguely recognisable.  But the more I see myself following a course of action the more I need to adhere to the way it is done to achieve the desired outcome.  In the piano example again I play the song as written.
Some things I want to achieve.  I would have said “at all costs.”  I still do but with a greater understanding of the costs - and that the costs genuinely cost.