While flying tonight on a work trip, I was thinking about all the things that lie ahead of me for the week. While I don’t like to travel every Sunday, there is something cool about rolling out on a Sunday night to wake up in a new city on Monday ready to rock and roll. It’s hard to leave the family behind, but I never sleep well on Sunday nights anyway, so maybe this will be a welcomed change.
While watching the sunset out of my window, I thought more deeply about all the shit I have going on around me. I started to get nervous for a minute, then remembered that stress and anxiety are what fuel me, so it really isn’t a bad thing. For all the different challenges mentioned in my last post, they really are what drive me.
There is a phrase I started using years ago (“Never Stop,” which is kind of fitting for me) that resurfaces in my mind. I never really stop until I have to. Either mentally or physically, I sometimes hit a wall and then things stop, but unless that happens I just keep going and going. Each day, each week, each obstacle is a new mission, and it is my job to get around them and find the best way to get through them.
This week, there are vultures flying everywhere and certain tasks that I have to accomplish to get to the end of the rainbow on Friday afternoon. Each minute of each day will require decisions that have to be made, things that need to be said, and things I need to keep quiet. But all in all, it is what keeps the whole train moving. There are projects and people that will occupy my time and thoughts, but all can be managed by my greatest weapon – my cell phone. My phone is my lifeline in more ways than one – and a trusted advisor to carry out many things.
To everyone: enjoy your week. Of all the weeks you have in your life, this is one of them. So, you might as well use it to your advantage.