After The Rush Is Gone

I’ve seen this
with EVERY project
I’ve been involved in.

At first,
the group or individual
is super excited.
The project is new.
There’s that rush
that comes with starting.

Then that fades
and the work starts.
Some projects die
at this point.
We all know would-be entrepreneurs
who start businesses
and never follow through,
writers who write chapters 1, 2 and 3
and then stop,
students who drop out
in year 3 of a 4 year degree.

What we do
after that first rush of ‘new’
is gone
defines us,
defines our success.

Seth Godin
shares

“The work of a professional
isn’t to recreate thrills.
It’s to show up
and do the work.
To continue the journey
you set out on
a while ago.
To make the change
you seek
to make in the universe.

Thrilling is fine.
Mattering is more important.”

Stick with worthy projects,
even after the rush is gone.