Fixin’

There’s a descriptive term which could result in more accurate communications: fixin’.

You are fixin’ when you are not yet doing, are not yet planning to do, are not yet getting ready to do…you are almost ready to get ready to do something.

A classic example is when a family gathering is winding down. Departing family members are fixin’ to leave when they get up and huddle by the front door but continue to talk. They are not leaving, not gathering coats, not corralling the kids – but they are almost ready to get ready to do so.

It’s application to business, social, and volunteer situations are almost endless. Like: fixin’ to write a blog; fixin’ to get season tickets to the local playhouse; fixin’ to get new members.

Steven Pressfield talks about the effect of fixin’ in The War of Art: “It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write.”

Greater use of this term would significantly increase understanding of the true status of activities or projects.

I’ve been fixin’ to write about this topic for a while now. What are you fixin’ to do?

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