{"id":94,"date":"2008-05-16T15:38:56","date_gmt":"2008-05-16T15:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/carpecakem\/2008\/05\/16\/id-really-love-to-but\/"},"modified":"2008-05-16T19:51:50","modified_gmt":"2008-05-16T19:51:50","slug":"id-really-love-to-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/moscowcoffeereview.com\/carpecakem\/2008\/05\/16\/id-really-love-to-but\/","title":{"rendered":"I’d really love to, but…"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pertinent piece of wisdom from web designer Amy Hoy<\/a>‘s blog:
\n(I’ve edited it a bit)<\/p>\n

For the longest time, I used to tell people I couldn’t do something, sorry!<\/em><\/strong>, because I didn’t have enough time. Lately I’ve been trying to admit that I just don’t have the motivation or desire\u2014maybe I just didn’t really want to do it in the first place.<\/p>\n

These days I’d rather say, “I could have written a best-selling (fill in the blank) book but it turned out I’m just not a good personality match for writing 400 page books. I hated it and so I found ways to avoid working on it.” than “I didn’t have the time.” It feels more honest.<\/p>\n

I personally feel that I’m letting go of a psychic burden every time I do it. One that frees me up, mentally, to do the things I really do care about.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s not that I “don’t have enough time”, it’s actually that “I just don’t care”. I doesn’t meant that your desire isn’t legitimate, that your idea isn’t good, or that your project isn’t something I’d like to see successful. I just care about a lot of stuff and I’m not motivated enough to care about your thing, that thing, too. At least not right now. I hope we can still be friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A pertinent piece of wisdom from web designer Amy Hoy‘s blog: (I’ve edited it a bit) For the longest time, I used to tell people I couldn’t do something, sorry!, because I didn’t have enough time. Lately I’ve been trying to admit that I just don’t have the motivation or desire\u2014maybe I just didn’t really … <\/p>\n

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