A Matter of Perspective

Wholehearted vs. Halfhearted

I’ve always been a halfhearted kind of person. If something came up, I would go at it halfheartedly, but only if I believed in it. If it was something I really didn’t want to do or didn’t believe in, I wouldn’t even give it a halfhearted effort. I would use excuses as to why I didn’t do it better or why I skipped over it altogether.

Today, some people would say I have adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). I don’t think I have that. I think I have what most people have—too much stuff to do and not enough time or energy to do them. I’m not going to start taking new medication to “fix” it.

We live in an overstimulated world. Everything is about instant delivery and satisfaction. If I want it, I want it immediately. And I may not have even known I wanted it at all until I saw something on social media about it. But now I want it and want it now!

Ten years ago, I did not know that I wanted a book to tell me how to do something that I didn’t even know I “should” be doing. Ten years ago, I probably wouldn’t have cared.

Adulting is hard. Honestly, if I had known that, I would have attempted to stay a child a bit longer. But reality is this: being a child, teenager, young adult is hard these days, too. It was hard when I was a kid. Perhaps it is even harder now, I don’t really know, but from all that I see, it appears much harder now in certain aspects.

We want more and have to get it with less—less time, less money, less patience. We work more and make less because of taxes and greed.

So, for 2025, I have decided to switch my mindset. I am not going to do things halfheartedly. I am going to do them wholeheartedly. I am going to put more of myself into my work and make sure that stuff is done with the care and dedication that it should have been done for the many years that I halfheartedly did it.

I am excited to see what changes come with this new mindset. I am excited to see what this new mindset will change!