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The word for today is finish, but without being Nordic. I’ve mentioned Jon Acuff kind of a lot on this podcast, but it’s because his book, Finish, made a big impression on me. I love that he calls out the difficulty that most people have in completing goals. I’m one of those people who have difficulty making it across the proverbial finish line. The strange thing, though, is that it’s not difficult for me to make it across the literal finish line. I’ve run up to 15 miles at a time, and I’ve never wanted to quit, especially when close to the finish line. However, I’ve never run a full marathon. Here’s some quippy marathon wisdom: “Marathons are a 10k race (6.2 miles) with a 20 mile warm up.” Lots of people hit their physical exertion “wall” around mile 20, so pith aside, maybe I would question whether finishing is worth the effort after mile 20. There’s only one way to find out. I just messaged my friend to see if he wants to do one with me at the end of the year. Okay, back to the topic at hand. When I visited my cousin’s house, he gave us a brief tour of the renovations they had made. Some were professionally done, and others were DIY jobs. One area stuck out to me, though. In the laundry room, he showed the tile he had installed, and he mentioned that the corner looked kind of bad because it was all he could do to make himself finish it. I’m sure, to him, the corner looked bad, but to anyone else it was just a tiled corner. It’s kind of a family joke to admit that we’re all pretty bad at the last 10%. I’m super proud of his crappy tile work, because it was finished. That’s more than a lot of people can say about DIY projects.

Today’s concrete challenge is to write down your next step in finishing a project. In episode “29 - Brave,” I mentioned that I would contact the woodworker that would build our bathroom drawer to help finish that renovation. I definitely contacted him, and he definitely hasn’t built the drawer yet. I guess I know what my next step is.

If you want to commit, say the following phrase: “I will write down my next step.”

I’ll keep the music playing while you get it done, and don’t miss the soundtrack at the end of this episode.

Before you go, repeat the following soundtrack, “I am the kind of person who takes the next step.”

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Check back tomorrow for a new challenge. Until then.

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