**Just do it.** Nike's slogan is a great life motto. > Just Do It. - Nike Don't think about it. Don't worry about it. Don't feel the need to for certainty that it's right. Don't waste time and energy planning. Don't try to make it perfect. Don't wait. Just do it. To [[Learn by Doing]] is the best way . It's the best way to produce big results in the long run. It's the fastest and best way to be. # Things that aren't doing the thing > [!cite] 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. **** # More ## Source - [[The Happiness Equation]] - Quote found via James Clear's newsletter - https://strangestloop.io/essays/things-that-arent-doing-the-thing ## Related - [[Understanding isn't Doing]] - [[Analysis Paralysis]] - [[Planning is Often Procrastinating]] - [[Daring Greatly Quote]] - [[Can Do It → Want To → Do It Cycle]] - [[Habits Have Compounding Returns]] - [[Vulnerability is Necessary]]