Ups and Downs

In the book "Truck Full of Money", Paul English talks about his experience being bipolar. How he goes through incredible highs and terrible lows. The highs are incredible. You can tell that even though he knows it may not be the best for him in the long-run, they are a part of who he is and make him the unique person that he is. He was scared of over-treating himself too much in case he lost this part of him which no doubt contributed to some of his creative success. I'm in this phase where I want to bucket myself into something. I don't think that I'm bipolar - I've never felt myself swing to the extreme either way that he went to. But I do relate a little bit to this. I go through phases where I get super-excited about something and envision 10-20 steps ahead about what it could be (business ideas, relationships, fun events). But then I cool down before implementing. I wonder if this is something normal that most people go through. I'm sure everything and everyone is on a spectrum somewhere though. The world is not black and white but filled with shades of grey.

Right now, I'm excited about something but am cognizant that there will be a drop off. I want to improve at stretching out the runway so that I can keep this excitement and motivation long enough to implement and maintain. Maybe the excitement comes from a place where it is a useful distraction from other things that I don't want to think about but if that's the case, so be it. I think one tenet of "successful" people who achieve their goals is that they have an ability to shut out noise that distracts them from their purpose.