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What did you do while we were gone, she asked.

They took a double night trip to Branson before school started and I stayed.

I had work one day and one day to myself, but my answer was the same as always.

Cleaned up and watched the dogs.

I know she thinks I’m boring as hell, and I do that on purpose.

Because she, like a lot of people, has no desire to hear about how the sausage is made.

How I went for a long hot run in the 100 degree heat and filled my inspiration bucket.

It reminded me of a short documentary I want to make about running, as a precursor to a long long run that carries me from Santa Monica to New York City.

Then, I came home to hydrate and recover and watched a program on Netflix called The Short Game, about 7 year old golfers.

Highly recommend.

And it let me know that the idea percolating in my mind might be a good one.

I also uploaded several new books across platforms, including a brand new one, APPLE Audiobooks.

Now I just have to figure out how to market them better.

When I think about reaching more people, I read, research and consider.

These are probably some of the best ways to review an idea, and something I think a lot of people do not do.

We are so trained to “take action” that we sometimes forget to aim before we fire.

Which is why I spend so much time training to consider, so that I’m ready to aim fast and fire.

And yet, it feels a little off lately.

It might be the end of summer dog days malaise.

It might be a Phil Collins feeling.

It’s just that… there’s something in the air.

I don’t know what.

The consideration part of my daily doing is just me thinking about what I’ve read, what I’ve done, what I’ve seen.

Trying to put the pieces together.

Trying to find a way to make it work.

And wondering…

What in the world is the world going around me that’s going to affect my plan.

Plans.

Like Pine Bluff, for example.

I told you someone announced he was going to buy the Mall.

It closed in 2020, is now a homeless encampment, and he won’t answer my Messages for some questions.

But he did announce a community meeting in the Mall parking lot for Saturday and told the news he expects over 500 people to show up.

On a black asphalt parking lot on a day when the temp hits 101 and feels like 111.

So we’ll see.

I’ll go.

Because I want to know, and maybe get a meet and greet.

He has his own plans for the space.

He took action on it.

Which has a direct impact on what I was thinking about doing.

Now, my lack of action changes the way I have to think.

It is not just the Mall.

I told you I went to PB and while driving, I considered my other plans and the actions to support them.

Which big idea gets moved up, which ones get moved back, and around.

This is the same thing every person reading does.

We adjust based on new intel.

For me, the intel is August and the weird vibe in the air.

It could just be folks reacting to the heat.

It could be back to school, new routine jitters.

It could be the Universe explaining to me that this routine I’ve fallen into is turning into a rut and it’s time to shake things up.

Time to focus on the big bucket tasks, and delegate the rest.

The “data” suggests it.

Supports it.

But that’s the thing about good routines.

They work.

They work great.

Until they don’t.

Progress slows, and maybe stalls.

And busy feels productive, but the end result isn’t what you really want.

Which requires more careful thought and consideration.

More heat baked thinking under the nourishing sun.

Because the question is always…

What do you really want?

Do you want your days filled with a ton of tasks ticked off the list, and nowhere near the goal?

OR

Do you want to be the dude who ran three 100 mile races in under a year, who published a dozen best selling novels and fought up the ranks of leadership in a company full of hard chargers based on grit and merit?

You don’t have to be that dude.

You can be your own kind of dude, with your own kinds of goals and dreams to chase.

So when someone asks the question, what did you do?

You can grin and wink and say…

I changed the freaking world.

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