One of the more difficult things for me is to have an idea – a feasible, plausible, perhaps even (by my yardstick) brilliant idea – but not have the time I need to execute it. And while I’ve been fortunate to have the resources and ability to bring many ideas to fruition, I’ve still got an enormous pile of undone ideas just sitting there, driving me crazy. And I don’t mean “driving me crazy” in a zany, funny sort of way. I mean, if anything is actually going to make me lose it, it will be lonely, faded, undone ideas. My ideas tend to pop up at the intersection of business and community endeavors, but I also get little flickers in the realms of music, film, and art. And in that business/community area, I feel completely unable to let undone ideas go. They just gather up in the corners of my mind, nagging at me every day. It’s frustrating – almost crippling. They stumble all over themselves, vying for attention, pleading to be outlined, mapped, and filed away (for now). But organizing them is never good enough. They keep at it, distracting me during the day and waking me at night. Part of the problem is that I’ve always held more respect for people who can bring a single idea into reality than those who just have numerous good ideas. The idea is most often the easy part. So while I know how to move an idea forward (I’ve had practice), I’m still constantly scolding myself for all these ideas that, for whatever reason, I just can’t make happen. People tell me I’ve got “plenty of time” for these ideas in the future, but that’s a sentiment I completely reject and find a little lazy. Because frankly, there isn’t plenty of time (some ideas take years to develop), and pretty soon the conditions won’t be right to push that particular rock up that particular hill. So in my mind the time is always “now,” and that’s what drives me crazy. As they say, the longer you wait for the future, the shorter it will be. I don’t have a solution any of this. But if you feel the same way – you’re not alone.