Ideas for blog posts randomly pop into my mind. I can be getting ready to dose off to sleep and boom, there it is, the greatest blog post ever, right there in my head. Or I can be driving along or reading a book or having a conversation or even sitting in the lockeroom during halftime of a game (for real). Because of this, I have a few collection spots set aside to capture these ideas. The first is a list on my treo (soon to be iPhone I hope) and the second, a to-do item on my Macbook.

Over the course of the past week, that list has grown rather big. (And I actually need to add to it right now, because I have had 3 ideas come to mind in the last 15 minutes…all ideas for the greatest blog post ever.)

You would think this would be a good thing, right? Well, maybe for some people it is, but not necessarily for me. For I seem to be one of those people that do better with fewer options. For example, if my to-do list is too long, rather than simply pick something, I oftentimes ‘freeze’ (do nothing) or choose something to do that is the equivalent of nothing (like hit the ‘check mail’ on my email 50 times in a row). Does anyone else suffer from this nonsense? For my own sanity, I hope so.

I trust you see the connection between that example and my blogging. For as I sat down to blog today, I sat down to a plethora of ideas. And I froze. I procrastinated. And then I came up with this incredibly insightful post.

So what do I learn from all of this?

Simply this: when the list is long, I am best to simply choose something and do it.

Indeed, maybe I am wise to close my eyes, put my finger to the screen and blog whatever topic I end up closest to. Sure, I could sit back and review the list 10 times, reflect upon my present state of mind or upon what might win blog post of the year. But that would be goofiness and probably leave me more miserable in the end. Or it would end up making you read a post like this!

So I am resolved to learn the art of just doing something. Anything. The art of looking at my list and, rather than freezing, acting. Rather than over-thinking, just getting down to the business of doing or blogging. I have a feeling it is a habit worth perfecting.