So Far, Not Yet — and Why Worry Anyway?
So Far, Not Yet — and Why Worry Anyway?
A reflection on presence, progress, and handing it over to Gus.
The Practice: Shipping Creative Work has been one of those books I’ve enjoyed slowly. I read it like a live devotional—just a page or two at a time, enough to shift my perspective and send me back into the day with purpose. It’s not about getting through it. It’s about letting it work through me.
One section in particular, on worrying, reminded me of something my mom used to say all the time:
“Why worry if you’re going to pray? And why pray if you’re going to worry?”
That line has never left me.
Worry, to me, is one of those things that steals energy from the work. I can literally feel myself spinning mental wheels, imagining all the things that could go wrong—and I have to stop and remind myself: None of that has happened yet.
It pulls me out of the present. And the present is the only place Gus (God, Universe, Source) actually hangs out. Gus is never in the imaginary “what ifs.” Gus is here. Now.
So I hand over the worry. That’s God’s territory.
And I get back to the journey.
Because, like Seth Godin says in The Practice:
“You haven’t reached your goals (so far).
You’re not as good at your skill as you want to be (not yet).
You are struggling to find the courage to create (so far).”
Reading that felt like a breath. A truth I didn’t know I needed.
And honestly? Am I ever really there?
If life is this continuous spiral of becoming, there’s always more growth ahead.
So rather than chasing some final destination, I’m choosing to stay grounded in the “so far” and the “not yet.” That’s where the work lives. That’s where faith lives. That’s where presence lives.
So I’ll use this time wisely—stay present, do the work, and trust that what’s meant for me will unfold when it’s supposed to.
So far. Not yet. Still going.
Resources
📚The Practice: Shipping Creative Work by Seth Godin
