Plans get you into things but you have to work your way out.

Will Rogers

Ever have that problem where you are in the middle of something and just never quite got yourself all the way through it?

Signed up for that 30 day diet program and fizzled out around day 15?

Committed to an exercise program only to give up half way through the first month?

All these great plans that we set for ourselves, but we stop sometimes when the hard work part rears its ugly head.

The reason I really liked this quote was not that it reminded me of all my half finished plans of the past. I chose it because it reminded me that plans and goals are part of the equation but not all of it.

Any time you are considering a new plan or goal, think also about the work involved. Commit yourself to working your way out once we get started.

This quote also reminded me of how we sometimes fall into other people’s plans and have to work our way out.

We fall into the plan of eating what we want when we want and now have to do the hard work of work our way out of that plan by dieting and exercising.

We fall into the buy whatever you want on debt plan and have to do the hard work of budgeting and doing without to work our way out.

We fall into the shallow and hollow lifestyle and find ourselves having to do the hard work of adding depth and meaning to our life through study and thought.

Work is a part of the equation. Learn to expect it and then to embrace it as part of the process.

Make it a great week.

Jake