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Whatup Reader!

About two months ago I saw an idea on Threads that I decided to let it bobble around in my brain for a little bit before giving it a try.

The concept was simple: Eat the frog by telling yourself “I might as well do it now.”

Yes, I realize the irony of waiting to try an idea with a central tent of do it now.

If the idea sounds simple, that’s because it is. That’s the point.

We really gotta stop championing the struggle.

Ya’ll already know that I’m not gonna put a presentation together 3 weeks early, nor am I going to pack my suitcase more than 24 hours before I leave.

To quote my bestie, JillFit, “If you leave it ‘til the last minute, it only takes a minute.”

Getting shit done early is not what “I might as well do it now” is referencing.

To me, “I might as well do it now” speaks to the little things that you’re going to have to do eventually, that very simply stated, you might as well do now.

I’m talking about the little things that lead to ‘death by a thousand cuts’ as they pile up and take up space in your brain, despite the fact that each task would literally take less than 2 minutes to complete.

Picking up the tuft of cat hair on the stairs, checking the reservoir tank on the dehumidifier, taking the trip upstairs to get that thing, changing the name of the Google home speaker that is in the gym, ordering the fabric softener and paper towels.

Benign, simple, 90-second tasks.

Leaving them until later won’t kill you, but I offer up the “I might as well do it now” approach as something to consider trying out during these…trying times, as a way to reward yourself with momentum while subconsciously reminding yourself that you do in fact have a say in what happens to you.

In times of chaos, self-leadership creates calm.

I’ve been leaning into this “I might as well do it now” approach for about a month now, (you knew those examples were too specific to be made up) and honestly, it’s been working out pretty well for me.

Nothing life-changing, but dopamine-inducing enough to warrant an email to you fine folks.

So, if you could use a little calm in the chaos, try not putting off that 90-second task.

You might as well do it now.

Maestro out.

Do the thing.

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