A programmer and writer who goes by Loopy, on the difference between preparing to do it and actually doing it:
“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.”
Homo Optimus – The OverArching Ideas
You are alive.
Soon enuf, you won’t be.
Be grateful for the gift of the present, but be a good friend to your Future Self.
+1 or -1? Your choice.
The fork in the road is always there in front of you, you have the knowledge, you can choose to start applying it any moment.
Non linear progress, fail well & often, & learn.