Do You Have a Love Hate Relationship With the Process?

I almost wanted to quit my job last night.

Not really really, but close. I threw my hands in the air in frustration after receiving not one but three emails requesting more detailed information on a project I needed to begin work on.  It would be one thing if this were something new that I was learning and therefore might make a few mistakes on. Although as a 'seasoned' member of the workforce, I don't give myself much slack there either. No, it was something I had done numerous times before, and once again I sent off my processed request in a willy nilly fashion, expecting the results to be different this time. Hmmm.... Isn't that the definition of insanity?

I have always struggled with the details of the process.

It's not that I don't appreciate the process or the components of it. I just don't want to be the one who has to see they are done. I have come to understand that I am one of those people who gets a vision in their head and just wants to gather it all up into a ball and throw it to success. I'm a make it happen gal, but more the starter or the anchor, not the second or third leg. And last night, as I gritted my teeth and attempted to comply with the details in a weary state of mind, I realized something of importance:

When you get angry with the process, you lose sight of the goal.

In those hours of angst, I had forgotten what the process was all about. I had looked away from the reasons why I do what I do and who it is for ultimately. Not just to make my life simpler or the company I work for happier. But to serve a population of people who need our support to live fuller and complete lives. There are many components in the process of bringing that vision into perspective, and each one is important. 

So many other visions in our lives require process details, don't they?

We can attempt to bulldoze through them, but then there might be a gaping hole in the road to your goal.  We can expect the details to be done by someone else, but then they will be altered and no longer yours. 

We should keep a firm ownership on our visions.

Be the keeper of our dreams.

Trust the process.

Cheers.