Tough Afternoon – Glad I Pushed Through it
This afternoon I wound it exceptionally hard to get motivated. I mean really, really hard. I just wanted to do something a little interesting, but that was not in the cards. I didn't have anything pressing I needed to get done, and I was still waiting for management to make some announcements they had talked about, so I was really just in the "Just keep swimming" mode.
I had things that needed to be done - there's always things that need to be done. So I got a few of them out of the way. I need to make a parser for the ticker plant responder to change values, and I really couldn't get geared up for that this afternoon. It's going to be tough, and I need to be fresh when I start on that.
So I did the grunt work that needed to be done. Script updating... made a few shell apps for some things I'll need in the coming weeks... standard, but uninspired, stuff.
But if there's one thing I've learned over and over again... it's that the individual that pushes through these tough parts and continues to create, has an incredible advantage over the one that requires motivation. Pushing through the tough parts is a skill. It needs practice, and this afternoon my "muscles" are "sore" from the "workout".