100%?

Are you the 100% type? If you are involved... are you 'fully' committed? Do you attempt to do all that you can... or do you hold something in reserve? Reserve for what? When I was growing up, my Mother was fond of saying... 'whatever is worth doing, it's worth doing well...'. Do I always follow this? Of course not, but it does play in my mind and tends to direct my thinking and thus, my actions. As a result, I rarely commit to too many ideas, actions, plans, people, philosophies. Those I am committed to I do tend to attempt as much of a 100% as I can. However... if I no longer am involved, I am totally dis-involved.

100% needs defining and operationalizing... typically individualized. What may seem 100% to me may not be true for you. What would be a total involvement for you? Surely not the mentality of 'enough to get by'? And sometimes the only one that knows this is what you are doing is... you. What a fraud! This is no way to live. Why get involved in something that you wouldn't be totally committed to? 

Obviously, one of the first decisions you make is priority. Is (fill in the blank) truly a priority for you? Do you spend time, energy, thought, resources etc. on (whatever or whoever it is you are becoming committed to)? If you really don't want to be associated with 'it' then don't start the process or as quickly as possible when you don't have the time/energy/thought/resources etc. (and yes, your interest is an important consideration) remove, resign, whatever you need do to extricate yourself. The longer you want the more others will be expecting you to (fill in the blank). It's easier to stop now.


That mindset (whatever is worth doing) and behavior is applied to EVERYTHING! It really didn't matter if it was washing the dishes or doing my homework - was I doing my best?! 'Getting by' was never an option. To this day I am grateful that I was raised this way and it has been a foundation to who I am and how I go about being me. Well... at least most of the time and it always kicks in when I don't.