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Facing our giants
For decades, I put off reading War and Peace. After all, the book is the pinnacle of unreadable books — over half a million words. Plus you just know there is going to be a boatload of characters to keep track of.
So didn’t go there. Just joked about it and kept it on the vague ‘someday’ list. After I’m done with everything else on my bucket list. Maybe.
There are a lot of other giant things in life we approach in the same way. Things like:
- Big work projects
- Cleaning the garage to actually get a car in there
- Organizing the basement
- That home improvement project
- Losing weight
- Regular exercise
And so many more.
We take a look or two and decide it’s too big or too complicated. End up doing nothing.
Which means a lot of things in life don’t get done.
In the process, we miss out on a lot of benefits. Because some giants do go away. Like missed opportunities and relationships. Gone with no second chance.
Or are stuck in cluttered lives because we didn’t take action. The giants just sit there. As ongoing reminders.
