Never take advice from someone working in corporate.
Chances are,
they don’t value their creative freedom
over things like money,
status, appearance and other shiny stuff.
They will never know
what creating something freely feels like.
It’s not living
a dream, it’s living
a lie.
You know that one guy who wouldn’t write his first blog post because he’s waiting for that perfect topic that’s going to make him famous?
Or that guy who never shows you his amazing movie scripts because they’re not ready yet?
Or that one girl who won’t stop complaining to you about how un-perfect she looks?
Or that girl who wouldn’t go up to make her pitch because it’s not the right time yet?
Or that one guy who wouldn’t take a damn risk because the conditions are not right?
Or the market isn’t ready?
Or he’s waiting for a better opportunity?
Or he’s just unlucky?
Or bad things always happen to him?
Or he can’t take another rejection?
Yes. Don’t be those people.
Please.
Because there’s never any perfect, ready, right time, right conditions, right market, better opportunity, luck, or anything like that.
Especially, luck.
I always thought freedom meant
freeing yourself from
other’s expectations and judgement.
but it’s really not.
it’s about freeing you
from yourself, because
we’re the ones who pull
us down,
when all we want
to do is
fly, and own the
sky.
You might have an ambitious goal, and you clearly know what you need to do to achieve it, but…
You are just not doing it.
Most of us are like this.
And by us, I mean myself.
It’s just excuse, after excuse, after excuse, with a little fear of failure mixed in to make things explainable to others.
This really kills me from inside, because I know, more often than not, everyone of us could accomplish so much more if we just cut our bullshit excuses and put in the work.
If you were looking for someone to serve you some warm and fuzzy motivational words, go somewhere else. Because I’m not writing this for 99% of you who will read it, get high off motivation, and do nothing about it making zero progress.
I’m writing this for 1% of you who I can actually impact. And that includes myself too. For people who are truly willing to make sacrifices and do whatever it takes to turn their dreams into reality.
First of all, take a cold hard look in the mirror. Look yourself in the eyes, and say: “Stop fucking around.”
Because here’s the thing.
If you know what your dream is, and you know how to get it, and you still haven’t made any progress, then you’re not trying hard enough.
Simple.
This is not meant to make you feel bad. It’s supposed to kick you in the balls.
Seriously, if you want to something, go out and fucking get it.
So decide right now: Do you really, really want it? That one thing?
Yes?
Then start fucking working towards it right this second.
Alright.
Set aside a minute right now and do this.
Grab a pen, and piece of paper, and then write down a handful of meaningful things you’ve been intending to do.
Label this list “Someday”:
Read a classic novel.
Declutter your home.
Get into shape.
Ask him/her out.
Take a road trip.
Play an instrument.
Start a business.
Join a yoga class.
Fall in love.
Now, on the back of that same sheet of paper, list every action that has occupied your last 24 hours.
Label this list “Today”:
Shopping.
Attending meetings.
Doing some important work.
Checking email.
Watching game of thrones.
Pursuing social media.
Sitting in traffic.
Hitting the snooze button.
Working late again.
Switching among useless apps.
Staring passively at a glowing screen.
Sure, many of the items on this second list are necessary or urgent.
But just because something is urgent doesn’t mean it’s worthwhile.
For most of us, “someday” is the most dangerous word we use: it grants us the illusion of future possibility without having to focus on that which is important today.
Just imagine, how different your life would be if your lists switched titles?
Or worse, what if you wait?
Years from now you will be sitting around pining for someday to arrive someday…
So, here’s the thing. After endlessly scrolling on WordPress and Medium, I realized: we read hundreds of blog posts every year. Some of us do that maybe every month. And let’s be honest for a minute.
On how many of those things you read did you ever take action? How many things did you actually execute that made your life better?
Think about it, and if you can come up with with an answer, please let me know. I’m curious.
I’m not saying all the things you read on blogs are completely useless. There is some great content out there, but most of it is just list of things for you to follow in order to make your life better in one way or the other. And even if it’s actionable, it doesn’t really create a value in your life or help anyone, except maybe the person who wrote it in the first place.
For many of us, this huge amount of content on the internet is a never ending spiral that only confuses us as readers and move our focus away from what’s truly important. It takes the focus from DOING. From taking ACTION. From figuring out what works for YOU and what doesn’t.
It’s not worth to know-it-all “in theory” but having no idea what works in the real world for you.
You need to find your own solutions, and only you can do that for yourself. Go out there, experience things, test, fail, tweak and repeat. Until it starts to make sense. Until it works out.
So do yourself a favor and stop reading blogs. Stop reading my blog. And focus on what’s truly important. Focus on DOING. Focus on getting your shit out there. Focus on getting shit done.
Life in a blog 