I have spent some of today redesigning the look of this blog, using (if you are interested) a very handy design creation tool called Artisteer. It now looks different to how it looked at 10:00 or at 12:00 or even at 14:00 – and may well look different again before the end of the day! “So what?” you might ask, and quite rightly so. Well, I realised that this redesign was a bit, actually quite a lot, like redesigning how we live.
I started with a recognition that something needed to change – maybe different fonts, maybe layout etc… – wondered how to go about making the changes, sought out a tool to help me then started playing with the tool, all along being aware that my fisrt efforts would take time whilst I learned how to make the change then knowing that I could change things bit by bit and review the results before finally committing; even then I know that further changes can be made – and that small changes can be done quickly and easily.
So, what has this got to do with a personal development blog? Well, it stuck me that there are some very similar lessons:
- Sometimes we just have a feeling that ‘something needs to change’, without being really sure what
- Sometimes we struggle alone before realising that someone else might be able to help
- Sometimes we have to change several things at once, yet other times we can simplify it and make one change at a time
- Some changes are easy, some take more practice
- Sometimes we make a change only to find that it’s still not quite right and needs further adjustment
- When we think we have finished, we have not finished – there is always more to do.
So, back to the title of this piece “Do a bit, learn a bit”. It is only when we actually make a change that we find out whether or not it is an appropriate change. Those changes can be quite small yet have a profound effect. Go on, make a change in your life today…
