Thing 22 - Staying Current

The obvious thing about all this is that inertia is always out there sounding the siren call of do-nothingness. Luring you to a quiet place where nothing changes and opportunities slide on by. After all, your plate's already full, why pile on more?

This is why: the stuff on your plate can get stale pretty fast. Maybe you have a lot of "gotta dos" in your life and a lot of "we've always dones" so where's the room or time for more plans, more learning, more activities or opportunities? But really, a lot of day to day or even year to year "have tos" kind of attrition out. At least they do if you let them. It's like weeding a shelf of books. Maybe you hate to let them go; maybe some you'll always keep, but some have gotta go to make room for the new books.

So instead of always putting on the brakes or ducking and covering when something new starts ambling your way (or sometimes barrelling), maybe think, "here's a new way to learn something" or "here's a new way to reach out to the public". Same public as last week, similar goals, but a new way of doing what you do anyway. So you don't have to welcome everything, but a few things, here and there.
At least, that's what I'll try telling myself, as I crouch behind my bookshelf with a look of alarm on my face.