Make a Start

This morning I was wondering what I was going to write about.  I had no idea.  I thought well I may as well get set up.  That is, set up a new page in word, get the font size (14), justify the page, and set the margin at narrow.
That is what I do every day in setting up to write.  I then write what I am writing about, give it a title, save it, find a picture that goes with it, post it in facebook and onto my web site.
This morning I set up not knowing what I was going to write about.  But something occurred to me in the process I thought was worth writing about.
It occurred to me how often life is like that.  I know what I want, but I do not know how to get there.  I set up in the expectation that in doing so the next step will be obvious. 
To me there are a couple of things that really matter in that process.  The first is to know what I want.  For me that is often the hardest part.  As they say “aim for nothing and you are sure to hit it.”   For me goals matter big time.  Not just choosing one for the sake of it but choosing one based on my interests, bent and the way I feel I should go.  It can be tricky, but they reckon the hardest part of anything is to get started.
I saw that when crew on a two person catamaran (Cobra Cat).  We would hoist the sails and were totally dependent on the breeze getting a hold of them to get us moving.
It’s funny but I thought of another thing we saw in sailing that seems to go with this.  It was a dependable fact that the breeze is always greater just above the head.  It is why so often birds are seen skimming the surface of the water.  There is less resistance lower and therefore flight is easier.
When I find and pursue my goal it is good to go up higher.  Ok things are easier lower, but the view is limited.  The higher I fly the better chance I have seeing where I am going.  It may be more tumultuous, but generally worthwhile stuff is harder to get.
I really loved what Australian number one ranked men’s tennis player (Alex de Minaur) said yesterday about his tough draw in the Australian Open. “if it was easy everyone would be doing it.”  To me worthwhile things cost.  Time, effort, thinking, practice, resistance.
Ok so sometimes I don’t know the process, but I only know what I am going for.  Stage two is only accessible by completing stage one.