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We’ve all had those moments where we thought that something just isn’t possible. No matter how hard we try and no matter how much we think about it there just doesn’t seem to be a way. We feel like screaming, lowering our head in despair, and giving up. These are times that we need to suck it up, keep on working at it, and push on through the wall that’s been thrown up in front of us.
How much time I put into figuring out this website I don’t even know. I battled with design, function, content, purpose, you name it. I sat for hour after hour staring at the screen willing myself to make reality the ideas floating in my head. I went down many dead ends, I pursued many false leads and in the end I felt like bashing my head into the wall because it wasn’t going anywhere.
There I was, one night, at the end of my rope, frustrated, angry, tired. My brain kept on saying no, no, no to whatever I tried. What I wanted seemed so simple and just within my reach but nothing clicked. I had already been at it for 5 or 6 hours but I decided that I was going to give it just one more hour then call it quits (for a while). I started to browse through websites that I thought looked good trying to figure out what might be a good direction for my own site when suddenly something hit me.
For the next 2 hours I worked feverishly desperately holding onto the string of ideas that was flowing through my head. At the end of it I had redesigned my site (to its current form) and had built a framework for where it was going to go. I let out the breath that I had been holding the whole time and finally felt like I had moved forward.
If I had given up for the night, if I had let myself quit, if I had not kept on going, would I have the site that I have now or would I still be sitting in front of my computer wanting to scream? I don’t know. What I do know is that I did get it done by pushing through the spiderweb of negative feelings and difficulties.
Many times what you think is impossible will only take just a little more work. How many people give up within sight of the goal because that next step is just too hard? The thing is that you never know how much it will take to get somewhere until you are there and can look back. You must never give up and always keep your eyes on the prize.
How important is your dream/goal/project to you? Do you want to give up or do you want to make it a reality? Decide and act.
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