What Are You Doing?

"What are you doing?"

It's a simple question, one we ask all the time--when we call a friend or loved one to catch up, when your kids are making a racket in another room, or when we catch someone doing something we'd rather they did not--the ramifications are plenty.

Today, I've chosen to ask myself, "What are you doing?" If the answer is not "Something that will advance me in some form or fashion!"  Then I'll check myself, and get back to what matters.  There are a myriad of distractions available to the person who works from home.  I do not turn on the television during the day, not even for morning news.  If my kids have to get up and make that bus every morning, then omitting tv and its distractions is one thing I can do to advance their future.  The answer to "What are you doing?"  is never "Just watching television," during business hours.  Anyway, by the time news hits the network, I've already seen it here on the internet, nine times out of ten.  But then, there's lollygagging, woolgathering, daydreaming, and waiting for the next new notification on G+ readily on hand to eat up one's workday.  There's uploading, downloading, plussing, YouTube-ing, ranting, and a 5th Dimension of other stuff to keep one inconsistent and scattered.

I've been wondering what would happen if I chose to write a post for this blog at a set time each day and stuck to it.  Admittedly, I've been listening to the cheap little voice in my head that whines, "At least you're doing it every day.  Haven't missed a day yet!"  Why not congratulate yourself just a little, you say?  Because doing so is the on-ramp to complacency and its concomitant irresponsibility for me, and I know it.

I sincerely hope that reading my blog entries will edify you.  I know the content is not yet what I would have it to be.  If you are asking yourself, "What am I doing, reading this blog?"  I am happy to tell you that you are supporting me in my efforts to give my son a trip to Europe next summer, and you are giving me the validation that I am on the right track.  Thank you so much for using some of your valuable time to read this entry.  "What are you doing?"  You are using the internet in its highest and most worthy capacity: to change and uplift the life of someone you've never even met in person. You are a part and parcel of a quantum leap onto higher ground.  You are the leverage that makes the paradigm shift.  Thanks again, hear?