[RedLefty]

In the gap analysis of where I am vs. where I could be, lack of knowledge is not the culprit.

I am fit, but I could be stronger and leaner. And I don't need a new program to do it.

I am a good husband, but I could be a lot better. And I don't need to know anything more about marriage to get there.

I am a good father, but I could be a lot better. Ignorance of parenting is not my problem.

I am a good employee, but I could kick ass so much more. And I'm only using about 2% of what I've already learned in business school.

Lack of knowledge is not the culprit. There's no secret answer lurking out there, waiting for me to discover it and unlock my potential in every area of life. Life's already happening, time is already passing, and use it or lose it, it keeps passing. Sometimes a dude just needs to get busy. Just take a little babystep today. And another tomorrow. Continue until... well, until the funeral I guess.

I have no specific end goal, either in fitness, relationships or career. I have no timeframes. Yet if I do nothing to plan my steps, will I end up anywhere worthwhile? Looking back on the past few years... I don't think so.

So maybe my "secret" isn't in knowledge or in planning, but in progress. Doing one thing a day that is useful, selfless, challenging or uncomfortable, and then after a few years I look back and see how far I came.

This log might seem a little different to many of you. I have a good life, and I am a person of contentedness. But I don't want to be the same person in three months. I'm a moving target. Every day I want to post one thing, just one thing, that I've done in this experiment of throwing away the plan and focusing on the minute in my hands right now.

Some days that one thing will be a workout, as years of that will improve my health. Sometimes the one thing will be an act of service, because years of that will sow seeds of kindness in the world. Sometimes the one thing will be that phone call I've been avoiding at work, or the the public speaking gig I've been hiding from, because years of that will remove fear and will build confidence through experience. Sometimes the one thing might be playing piano, writing a blog or studying a new hobby in earnest, because years of that will uncover and unleash my unique voice that might be useful to someone else.

I don't have any freaking idea where this is headed. Don't care. Because if I can look back and see that I avoided complacency by daily doing that one thing, then I must be somewhere good.

p.s. -- Aoife's gonna think I stoled this from her, based on a recent post of here, but I didn't. I thought it first, and she used ESPN to steal it from me before I wrote it.