A Change In Mindset Can Change Everything (Or So I’ve Heard)

Effectively, final evening, I used to be scrolling social media, as I do each evening as I’m winding down earlier than mattress. And I simply occurred upon a video that basically made me assume. I want I might have saved the video as a result of I can’t discover it now, however I discovered it very fascinating, however I’ll attempt to summarize it. The girl on the video was saying that the primary factor standing in the way in which of people that wrestle with productiveness is that they get slowed down in specializing in the dread of every step that’s required throughout a venture, whereas those that are actually productive don’t get slowed down on these particulars. As a substitute, those that are actually productive hold their primary deal with the payoff that comes when the venture is completed.

I assumed that was actually insightful. And true. I believe that’s the issue I’ve had currently. I imply, let’s face it, this lobby and bed room venture has required an entire lot of drywall work, and of all of the DIY stuff I do, drywall is absolutely the worst. I imply, I simply can’t even stand doing drywall.

The lobby and bed room have come a great distance from what they had been in the beginning of the yr. After watching that video final evening, I pulled up my 2025 Home Targets publish that I wrote in January, and I used to be really stunned once I was reminded how these areas used to look. The drywall within the lobby was a catastrophe.

It makes me really feel anxious simply wanting again at these photos. And it makes me really feel proud that the lobby and doorway into the closet seems to be so utterly totally different now, and this was finished by my very own two palms.

However on the identical time, I’ve discovered myself getting up each morning and dreading the work. I don’t wish to work on trim anymore. And I used to be particularly discouraged once I felt like I used to be going backwards and tackle the drywall state of affairs but once more even after I assumed the drywall was all completed.

So after I watched that brief video, I started to deal with the payoff on the finish of this venture. That payoff is fairly wonderful — a whole bed room suite utterly with an exquisite lobby, an incredible walk-in closet with a laundry space, an exquisite bed room, and an incredible lavatory. All collectively. All completed. All one big, devoted area that will probably be our main bedroom suite.

By no means in my life did I believe I’d ever have such an incredible bed room suite. And the one factor standing in the way in which of this imaginative and prescient being completed currently is me and my mindset — my mindset that has been caught on the dread of getting to do extra drywall work, and the dread of getting to cope with unlevel flooring that make putting in trim more difficult. My dread that retains me in a continuing cycle of searching for and making excuses for needing fixed breaks from the duty in entrance of me that I actually don’t wish to do.

However final evening, once I began focusing as a substitute on the payoff on the finish of this, I did really discover a change. I began to get actually excited. That drywall work that I have to get finished immediately earlier than I can end the trim? I can get that finished very simply. Putting in the remainder of the trim and getting it wooden stuffed, sanded, and caulked? It’s not fulfilling in any respect, however as soon as I get that finished, I can get to some enjoyable initiatives like making an upholstered headboard! Putting in that gentle within the lobby? Sure, it’ll require much more drywall patch work, however then I’ll have a stunning gentle within the lobby and be on my strategy to having a completed and beautiful lobby!

I really awakened this morning excited and anxious to get in there and get the work finished. I haven’t felt that method in weeks. It truly is wonderful what a change in mindset can do. So from right here on out, I’m going to problem myself to maintain the payoff on the forefront of my thoughts as a substitute of getting slowed down within the dread of the duty straight in entrance of me. I’m so glad I occurred upon that brief video. We actually may be our personal worst enemies generally, and generally all it takes is a random two-minute video on social media to make us notice that.

So now, I’ve acquired some drywall to complete, and a few trim to put in and end! And I’m really feeling fairly enthusiastic about it immediately!