How to Do Something

First, begin.

That's the first thing.

You begin and then you proceed.

Proceed is next.

Proceed for quite a while.

This is the main part:

The proceeding.

The proceeding is actually the meat of doing something.

If something gets done,

Credit the proceeding.

After awhile the proceeding gives way to the wind-up --

The finishing.

This transition is delicate.

Too soon is bad,

Too late expends needless energy.

At the very instant something is at last done,

Fade the proceeding and move directly to finishing.

Finish instantly.