I love spring because makes me think about doing new things. Like last night, I signed up for the Marine Corp Marathon so now it is time to start training. I plan to play in the Charlotte Amateur Golf Tournament so I need to start practicing. As you know, Chris Payne and I have just started a church so plenty to do with that as well. The crazy thing is I know that I am falling for the temptation of the spring; of start a bunch of new stuff.

Seth Godin’s Book, “The Dip,” says that you only have so many resources to conquer the dip of mediocrity and if you don’t leverage your resources (time, money, and energy) you will not be able to accomplish your goals. He states that the temptation for all us is that when one goal gets hard, we decide to start a new goal. Which then means you are less likely to accomplish either goal because you have less resources.

All that to say, I hear Seth Godin in my head as I go after the new goals in my life, “there may need to be some spring cleaning in your life…” Meaning that if you start new things you probably need to get rid some others. I don’t like to do that. Starting new things is so much more fun.