"Mind the Gap"

Are you living in the Gap? What, you are probably asking, is the Gap? Is it a store that a few years ago ran into a branding fiasco when they tried to change their logo? Is it that space between the train and the platform? No to both. The Gap is the place we look when we see the gaping divide between what we accomplish and what we want to accomplish.

I am trying to lose weight and I started back on my diet this week with grandiose plans of losing a pound a day. I weighed myself after 5 days and found I had lost only two pounds. This was wholly disappointing because it was not what I had planned to accomplish. So I am frustrated and upset with myself, I had not met my goal. I am living in the Gap, refusing to look back and see what I had accomplished; even though it wasn't what I had planned to accomplish, it was still two pounds! I should be proud of myself and give myself a pat on the back.

This is the Gap and place we sometimes stay, a place that offers no solace for us who are obsessed with achieving perfection. I say get out of the Gap, start looking at what you have accomplished instead of what you haven't. Seeing what you have done gives you the reinforcement to keep moving rather than the slump of self-doubt that can lead to failure. I did lose two pounds and I am going to lose more! Next time you are faced with a crazy busy day and you feel like all you did was run and circles and got nothing done, stop and think about it. I am sure you will see that you were able to achieve more than you realize.