The Five-Meter Target

The five-meter target is the military way of saying "the shit that's right in front of your face". When you're on the range, you have targets as far out as 300 meters, and as close as five. Tactically speaking, you want to hit the one that's closest to you first, because that's the one that would most likely hit you first in a combat situation. This isn't a new concept. This isn't life-changing. Simply put, focus on the problems at hand, and you have time to worry about the rest of it later. But there's a fundamental flaw in that doctrine. The only variable you're given to keep track of is distance. But what if the target at twenty-five meters has a handgun, and the one at thirty meters has a rifle? What if one of them is a trained marksman, and the other has never fired a weapon before in his life? The key in this instance is being able to take in every possible variable not before you begin firing, and certainly not afterwards. You have to learn to think on the fly, as you move. The same thing applies to life. A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan later. Spend too much time figuring out how to do something, and you run out of time to actually do it.

So don't think, don't plan, don't decide.

Just move and react.

Just flow.

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Currently listening to:
"Shuffle Your Feet" by the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club