Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

There is time later for thinking deep thoughts. Now, however, is the time to accomplish the work, now.

“We could do this better”—said me, many times.

I know, I know, boy, do I know. We could do this better. “Let’s do better,” is a phrase I often use at the end of these little blog posts. Right now, however, I have something to do—something to do now.

Let’s accomplish now’s work right now. Scribble little notes on the side as reminders that some time after this, I will discuss how to do it better. I will search for better tools that save time and improve quality. I will do that. I will not, however, do that now. Now I will accomplish the work in front of me.

And note how I wrote “I” instead of “we” in the above paragraph. This is MY problem. This is MY solution.

I can do better.