Total Focus

In yesterday’s post, I suggested taking baby steps—pick one to three things you want to do but aren’t doing, and start small.

Today… I’m changing the tune a bit.

Why?

Because there’s a very real possibility that you’re not even doing the things you need to be doing to become who you actually want to be.

Huh? (you may ask)

I am taking us back to a basic question…developing the freedom to live your truth requires consistently noticing and accepting the yin and yang of life—and foundational to this is understanding the difference between want and need.

I know. It may sound like we’re back in the philosophical weeds.

But stay with me, because this is about getting practical.

What I want to explore today is the idea of freeing yourself up, rather than loading yourself up with even more to-do’s. Not adding… but subtracting. Not optimizing… but clearing.

A return to basics.

Because if what you’re after is inner tranquility… if you want the freedom to live your truth… if you’re serious about building something that even resembles your “dream lifestyle”…

Then at some point, you’re going to have to let some things go.

Not later. Now.

And yes, I wanted to say “let some sheets go.” Because You most likely have too much sheet going on, stinking up the works, if you know what I mean.

The exercise from yesterday—the one-minute start, the incremental build—that’s solid advice and process. It works. It builds momentum. Don’t think it is not worth following when starting a new habit, practice, or focus.

But here’s the catch:

If your system is already overloaded—whether that’s your calendar, your mind, or both—then adding even one more thingcan tip you from “making progress” into quiet resistance.

You might already be doing too much… just not the right things.

Or maybe you’re mentally fried, and even the “best next step” feels like too much.

Or maybe—and this one hits close to home—you’ve got enthusiasm coming out of your ears, so you pile on three more commitments and end up not fully committing to any of them.

That’s not a discipline problem.

That’s a focus problem.

So instead of asking, “What should I add?”…

Let’s ask something better.

What actually matters most?

And that brings me to a very—very—important idea:

Total Focus.

Not scattered effort.

Not partial commitment.

Total focus on what matters most.

So here’s what I want you to sit with today—no rush, no need to overthink it, but don’t just breeze past it either:

What are you genuinely ready to say “YEAH!!” to—without hesitation or reservations, without that quiet voice negotiating in the background?

What’s one thing you could do that would actually make that “yes” more real, more possible, more immediate? (this may be the thing you want to apply the 1-minute exercise to).

And before you add anything new… what are you unwilling to let go of?

Not in theory—in practice.

What’s already on your plate that you know, deep down, you do not want to drop?

And I don’t mean surface-habits—I mean those things you’re unwilling to stop striving for.

And when you look at those things—honestly, not aspirationally—are you showing up for them consistently? Or just circling them?

I’ll share my own answers to these questions tomorrow, along with the process I used to answer them.

Because I’m not standing on a mountaintop here—I’m in it, too.

This whole process?

It’s not always linear. It circles. It spirals. It loops. It resets.

And right now, I feel that pull to go all in again. Total Focus. Fully committed.

Pedal to the metal out on the Highway to YEAH!

I will ride my little red scooter all the way to Colorado if I must, but dang it, I am going!!

But at the same time… I feel the clutter.

Too many directions. Too many partial starts. Too much “a little bit of this, a little bit of that.”

So for me, this moment is about clearing the slate.

Not abandoning everything—but stripping it down to what actually matters.

I’m choosing Total Focus.