Do It Today: Overcome Procrastination, Improve Productivity, and Achieve More Meaningful Things

Who wants to become a bum and die alone?
That’s a metaphor for not believing in yourself. Because
somehow, that’s always the alternative. If you do something
that’s uncommon, or maybe a little risky, the common

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argument is that you become homeless. I meet a lot of
people who say they’ve made important life decisions based
on fear.
Do you hate your job, but are you afraid to look for
something else because you might lose your
house?
Do you want to leave your spouse, but are you
afraid you’ll die alone?
Do you study yourself to death because you’re
afraid of what your parents will say when you quit?
Do you never expose your work to the world
because you’re afraid people will throw rocks at you
because you suck?
Will that really happen? Or is that just your mind acting up?
Probably the latter. I always wanted to become a writer.
Back in school, I wrote poems for my girlfriend. It was kind
of pathetic, but hey, she enjoyed my weird poems. But all
jokes aside, I loved to read and enjoyed putting my thoughts
on paper.
But no, every adult in my life was trying to scare me to
death. “You can’t make a living as a writer.” They were
probably right. It’s not easy to make a living by writing.
So what? Everything that’s worth it is hard. I didn’t realize
that back then. So I gave up my goal. I decided to pick the
safe road and pursue a degree in business. I don’t regret
that decision because I’ve learned many useful things. But
the whole experience turned me into a fearful creature.
Because after that whole scarefest in school, I eventually
stopped believing in myself. I stopped writing and reading.
And that’s a pure waste of time that I could’ve used for
practicing my skills.

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