It is absurdly easy to get sucked into what I’ve seen charmingly called procrastitivity: using researching, planning, discussing, and ideating as excuses (intentionally or otherwise) to avoid actually doing something.
It’s especially insidious when this “something” makes you feel vulnerable or uncertain.
Looking up the best ways to structure a content calendar is just as impactful as drafting and publishing a couple of crappy posts, right?
Writing a script to speed up some calculations will definitely help for when I actually sit down to build out the complex part of this code!
You know, making these intricate automations in Zapier will totally pay off in the future when I’m finally onboarding lots of clients at once.
It’s okay to admit it. We’ve all been there. We’re still designing the club t-shirts.
While I’m clawing myself out of a similar hole, I figured I’d share this bit of Internet wisdom with you:
“things that aren’t doing the thing”
Preparing to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Scheduling time to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Making a to-do list for the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Telling people you’re going to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Writing a banger tweet about how you’re going to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Hating on yourself for not doing the thing isn’t doing the thing. Hating on other people who have done the thing isn’t doing the thing. Hating on the obstacles in the way of doing the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Fantasizing about all of the adoration you’ll receive once you do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Reading about how to do the thing isn’t doing the thing. Reading about how other people did the thing isn’t doing the thing. Reading this essay isn’t doing the thing.
The only thing that is doing the thing is doing the thing.
I’m gonna go do the thing. More airplane stuff tomorrow.