Priority Over Process

<--- Cleans off dust from blog... "Cough Cough" Well hey howdy hey, it's the New Year! Sorry I've been silent for so long, but let me just start off by saying that I have a few things in the works that should start up this week or next that I think you may enjoy. <smirk> 
   And in saying that, let me get straight to the point. Have you ever become excited to do something (resolutions come to mind), but then let the process overrun your enthusiasm? Technology does that to me too often and it happened again last night. I was going to start a little private journal for myself and then proceeded to spend the next 2 hours trying to find an app that served my purposes! (I mean, REALLY?!? a simple notebook style app that lets me add a bunch of photos on a page, resize them, and type my text in on the page without having the most convoluted UI ever created by man, that will also save to the cloud? Is that too much to ask in this day and age? {side note: finally settled on SpringPad})
   Certainly, looking around to find the right process will save a bunch of time and frustration over the long haul. But this search for a process shouldn't become some monster of a thing that overpowers the actual task we have in mind. Technology and the internet comes with that allure built in: that there is something else out there, something better, something more effective, something that will fit our needs perfectly; if only we can find it: the perfect website/app/program- surely it must be out there. 
   Now, for us spiritually minded out there, we could totally leap into "The One who is the perfect fit for what you are searching for", but let's not over-spiritualize everything and try to stay on track, shall we?
   What I would like to emphasize is though deciding on a process should have a certain level of priority, it shouldn't supersede the priority of the actual outcome in mind. Have an honest look at what you are trying to accomplish and recognize how important having "just the right way of doing it" is really going to matter. In some instances, yes... it must be done in a precise way, but don't be tricked by past failures. "Oh, I tried it this way last time and didn't follow through so I better look for some other way of doing it." We need to be honest with ourselves, and try to figure out if it was a problem with the process, or really was it a problem with our perseverance {all you spiritually minded can add another sermon on persevering here}. 
   Certainly take the time, find the technology that will end up somewhere on the scale between "that'll work" and "that's the best thing since sliced bread!" Just set a certain amount of time in your mind and stop once you've spent that time. THEN proceed to get done whatever it is you set out to accomplish in the first place! {Ironically enough, after typing this I thought of another better option to my little private picture type of journal that I am already using, Pinterest. ***facepalm}
   And as a post-script: maybe, just maybe, that piece of technology... has nothing to do with a computer or smart phone at all! Now, I can hear some of you already, "Blasphemy!" I know, I know. You spent sooo much for your device, it's the newest thing, yadda yadda yadda. Sometimes, nothing beats the simplicity of a piece of paper and a pen. Just Sayin'
   And now, a quick note for what I am kicking around in my head. I think I might turn this into a Vlog instead! For those who don't know the difference between a blog and a vlog... the v stands for video. I know I may not be the prettiest face on the internet, but I think twice a week for a few minutes may not crack your screens too badly. We'll see how it goes. Be looking for it here, and on YouTube. 

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