Progress Is Dead Slow... Usually

A man responded in our discussion in my introductory thread to this community (link in my profile):

"I removed myself from monitoring this thread because it is going nowhere"

That got me to thinking about how tied people are to instant results. I'm not immune to this, though in the past year or so I've really begun to get comfortable with things taking a long time.

The following is an article I wrote for my own personal use over one year ago. The night that I wrote it is still fresh in my memory. I was jogging around in the crisp cold weather in the middle of the night and my mind was on fire.

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When there is something to accomplish, the process of accomplishing this goal will generally be one of constant frustration and delay. There will be seemingly endless details coming up which require attention to maintain the integrity of the goal, mostly unanticipated, sometimes obscenely inconvenient as if set up to derail the entire operation. This tends to be inherent in all endeavors.

Routinely allowing this frustration to thwart you will destroy any progress you make. Similarly, emotional reactions to these frustrations will destroy you personally. This includes anger that one would use to crush through the obstacles. However there is a deeper reaction which is beneficial. It feels similar to anger but it is actually ruthlessness. This occurs when both self pity and pity for others is abandoned in favor of getting the job done. Anger drains the body and clouds the mind, ruthlessness sharpens the mind and increases stamina and enthusiasm.

Sometimes the opposite happens. Things move too fast. Everything seems to come together before you know it and if you do not move forward with it fast enough, it all falls apart. If you do not feel that it is right for you to sprint, just let it go. You should not feel rushed, but instead feel like you are leading the charge in the sprint to complete the objective. It's easy to move forward fast if you only focus on this one thing.

The most rare, or at least what should be most rarely expected, type of movement speed of objective accomplishment, is just right. There are occasions where everything just seems to flow naturally and perfectly, lacking both frustrating delays and hectic hastenings. This would probably be described as "flow state." There are times when flow state comes around and there are times when there is a prolonged lack of flow state. Chasing flow state will scare it away. Continuing to work toward your objective will lure it in, but do not count on it. It is like a skittish cat that only approaches when it knows you're not invested. You must be "pure of heart" or you will scare it away.

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Considering that I've stuck to my original plan so far, which I implemented 12 days ago, I'd say things are moving along quite well. My current progress is neither ahead of nor behind my predictions, which were forged under the more realistic parameters based on this article. If things move slower than expected that's just fine and dandy. The project does not stop. If things move faster than expected, wonderful. I'll do what I can to keep up. If I fail to hold it together, that's fine too. The project does not stop.

I joined this site six days ago. I'm enjoying interacting on it so far. It's serving its purpose so far which is for me to focus on my real estate related goals and to meet people who are involved with it here.

As I stated in my intro post: Sorry if I'm kind of useless to begin with. In the future I hope to have some real economic value to offer you!