If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times.
I am such a perfectionist!
BUT!
I apply it to other people. Getting embroiled in squabbles, wanting to retreat and believe me, there is definitely a place for discarding what’s really damaging you but I found myself getting lost in the Charlie Kirk saga, buffeting between loads of people and factions saying all manner of different things.
What am I doing?
What are you doing?
What is any one of us doing?
Making a mess. And it’s fine that way. I desperately want to embrace it.
I love watching different podcasts, reading different books and it’s helpful but all must be applied.
Celebrate the doers. I posted that on X a few days ago. What am I doing? I asked myself seriously and I will continued to do so.
I’ve changed the name of my X account, my YouTube channel too. Martin of Mercia has both a historic and a regal sound. I started to trim my beard earlier and decided to go full Lex Luther and take off all the facial hair and show you what I really look like under the mess.
Revelation. We are obsessed with it. Let people know what you think. I fail sometimes but I try, these days, to always do things with dignity and respect but sometimes, the truth is sharper and harder and you just have to get on with it.
I want simple things, mate. Something I told a friend the other day. Conserving my energies for the really important stuff, I told him. It was satisfying and TRUE. It is what I want and I want to contribute to a better England, a better me, imparting more wisdom.
Flash of inspiration, a couple of swift, decisive changes and now to keep the momentum going.
Focus on goodness.
Focus on what matters.
Be a strong man.
A decent man.
Be a doer!
Messily!