Sometimes we two-step and fall back on our way forward.
I often fall into my default ways, but quickly catch myself with this reminder.
My big-thinking, my wishes and dreams– they feel good to live in, but only momentarily. Not only is this not real, but it’s robbed me of anything meaningful.
I’m talking about dreams.
The dreams you have but never act on.
Some say keep those alive, feed the fire– I say extinguish it. If you’re not already acting on them in some way, they are likely delusions…. then again, only you can know what’s real.
I don’t have all the answers, but it’s ultra-clear and plain-as-day-obvious that ONE cocktail-mix is responsible for all my progress in my life.
And that is:
Practicality + Commitment.
The practicality is the ability to see reality. We think we can– we can’t.
Not fully.
This is a skill that must be developed.
The clearer you can see reality, the more successful you’ll become. And the second part is commitment.
You dreamers might relate to this.
Before I had my thing (core skills and practices I could commit to), all I did was dream. I’d imagine traveling to new places, living a wild life of adventure, and doing it all. My life was some action movie, and me the hero.
Think of it this way: We’re made to commit. Babies are born as raw potential, but we only “become” something (self-actualize) through choosing a path and sticking to it.
Ironic.
Turns out, submission is true freedom.
The craving for my movie would get so strong, oftentimes It’d possess me and I’d move.
Then, finding myself in a new state and alone– clarity would follow. Here: I wasn’t adventurous or happy, rather miserable and pissed off. I couldn’t understand why I needed to come here. Why did I not see what I actually had?
It was like as soon as you sobered up from the call, you found that all you did was isolate yourself in a foreign land. Worse of all, now you lost all your progress and have to start over.
Which is why with this post I want to remind you: MIND WHAT WORKED.
What got you ahead in life?
Where did your progress come from?
It likely wasn’t jumping around, or doing something all or nothing. Change is incremental.
When we stagnate, we dream. That’s our default. But instead of doing something potentially regrettable, start where you are. Add small tweaks, the future is in the moment.
There is no where else to go, just lean in.
Life is here, if you engage– it’ll find you.
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