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Faces of the Slight Edge 131
it’s not always easy to complete those incomplete things in life. Not when you’ve
got a truckload of them to take care of. That stack of incompletions can loom
larger than the Sears Tower. They can be absolutely overwhelming. Especially
when you realize that whatever might have been keeping you from completing
them in the first place—fear of confronting the issue, feeling intimidated or
overwhelmed by it, worrying it might be difficult or uncomfortable—well, that’s
been compounded by the Slight Edge, too!
That’s the Slight Edge working against you. That’s how the pile got so big to
begin with. And the truth is even those incompletions that seem difficult to do
would have been a lot easier to do when they first came up than they might be now.
Approaching that stack of undones with the Slight Edge in hand is not only the
best way to deal with them, it’s the only way you’ll ever deal with them. Take on those
incompletions in your life just as you took on learning to walk. Baby steps, one at a time,
letting the Slight Edge work for you to help you complete whatever needs completing.
Take on any one of your “incomplete” projects, one at a time. And if even that
one project seems like too huge a mountain to climb, rummage around its foothills
until you find an initial step you can take. The biggest meal is still eaten one bite
at a time. Think of the title of Art Williams’ best-seller, All You Can Do Is All You
Can Do, But All You Can Do Is Enough. So find something you can do, and do that.
Make a phone call. Write a letter. Give fifteen minutes to completing
something every day.
Read how The Slight Edge reader Valerie Thomas decided to tackle the
“incomplete” project of her basement:
I lived in a house with a huge unfinished basement that had 17 years’
worth of clothes items, boxes, equipment, toys, you name it all around;
there was one small path to walk to the back room to get to the washer and
dryer. Eventually, time came when I had to move from that house and I
thought I would never get to the basement. I cringed every time I thought
of it. However after learning and applying the concept of the slight edge,
I said that I would move/handle one bag or box every time I went to do
clothes or get food. Before I knew it, I saw light; it looked easy to handle
until eventually it was cleared out for a successful move.
What incomplete thing/project can you bring to completion?
Is it easy not to do? Absolutely. And if you don’t do it today, will it destroy
you? (You know the rest, so sing along ... )
Each time you do complete something, you get to move on with your luggage
a little lighter and a bit more spring in your step.