Today's post is a bit more difficult for me to write than previous posts.
In the past, I've been told that I am a bit of an extreme individual. A bit hardcore, if you will. You see, I have struggled and always will struggle with a place known as the "middle ground." I've never been able to find a happy medium among all the things I do. I know that it is very difficult for many people to understand, but more and more I am starting to realize that this is simply who I am.
I am an all or nothing individual. I function at my core by giving everything I have to a task/project/relationship/etc. Because of this, however, I am a terrible multi-tasker.
I'll admit it - I cannot DO more than a couple things at once. Not long term, anyways. I've tried. In fact, I've been trying. I've been trying really hard. But I have been failing miserably, and I am getting burnt out.
So what does this have to do with anything, Levi?
Well, at a distance, it probably won't mean much to anyone really. But for myself personally, I am drastically going to be cutting back on almost everything I have been doing over the past year, and I will be going "hardcore" after one thing: working for myself.
Let me explain. My brain is hardwired to think in t-shirt slogans. I can't help that. If it's not a one-line philosophy or a four point goal plan that fits on a shirt, forget about it. It will be gone in about a month.
But the title of this post (F.O.C.U.S.) is what I NEED to do and WILL be doing for the foreseeable future. And, of course, it is broken down into an acronym so my one-track-mind can easily remember it.
Follow One Course Until Success.
And that is what I intend to do, friends.
I have over-committed myself recently, and I can't stand living my own life everyday. I feel as though I am cheating myself and everyone I am supposed to be helping, simply because I cannot perform to the best of my ability because I've spread myself to thin. I know what I am capable of, and as much I absolutely love being involved with so much that's going on around me, in the end it is not moving me toward reaching the goal of working for myself.
Don't get me wrong. I am more than willing to help out where I can. But long term commitments are just that - commitments. They require time, energy, often money, and other precious commodities that I have simply been throwing around far to carelessly.
So starting today, I will be taking my life "under the knife" and cutting back what is not moving me in the direction of starting my own business. If I have committed to reaching a certain stage in a project, I will see that through. But by next month, I plan on completely "F.O.C.U.S.ing" my efforts on getting out of the workforce and launching my t-shirt business.
I hope that it is understood that I do not mean to harm anyone in anyway by making these changes, but I absolutely will not live another day beyond today where I wake up and my first thought is not having enough time to do X, Y, Z. I plan to start living and loving life again. It will genuinely be a journey of a thousand miles, and this is my first step in that direction.
In closing, one of the things that has personally been dragging me down is Facebook. It consumes far too much of my time and benefits me nothing (at the moment) except for the ability to stay connected with friends.
"Learn to control your Facebook time, then!"
Yes, this is a true argument. I recognize I need to grow in this area, and will be working on it diligently. However, for now I will be using Twitter only as my social sharing site of choice. I will continue posting to FBOOK via this blog from time to time, but if you want to keep in touch please follow my twitter @levispann.
Finally, I want to thank all of you for being an amazing part of my life. I want you all to know that I am who I am today because of each and every one of you. And I want THAT person to be someone all of you can be proud of. Someone you are glad to know. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the incredible experiences I've had up to this point in my journey. I look forward to many, many more. Let's make this year the best year any of us has ever known!
All the best,
Levi
