Doing the thing.

It is good to read about self-help.

It is good to watch podcasts with people you admire.

It is good to study new subjects or dive deeper on ones you already know.

But none of this will matter if you dont start doing the THING.

What is the THING? That is determined by you.

Buisness, weight loss, art, new life venture, making music, painting etc.

This again is a note and a reminder to myself.

This past week, I spent 70% of my working time taking courses and expanding my knowledge on how I want to proceed within the creative industry. Although this is beneficial, I have not yet implemented any of these teachings. That is my goal for this week. However, I am writing about this topic because I do not want to repeat my previous mistakes. On more than a handful of occasions, I have spent time "learning" or "researching" something new without actually implementing it in my life.

Probably the most common version of this lies within the genre of “self-help”.

It can be very easy to get stuck in a cycle of studying "self-help" without actually taking any action.

But don't get it twisted, all the subjects I speak about are conversations I have with myself. I have gone down the self-help rabbit hole without taking any of the steps. It is tricky because it feels like you are doing the work just by diving into the subject. I have researched optimizing routines, nutrition, and work, but often, they get lost in the noise of all the content I consume. They get lost because I did not use to implement almost anything. A classic example is when I used to watch stuff like "Most Productive Morning Routine" at 2 am. This was me trying to run before I could even walk. Of course, I knew that to make my mornings more productive, I first needed to go to bed earlier. But instead of doing that, I was tricking myself into thinking I was making progress by consuming content on the topic - at 2am …

And I have done this many, many times in basically every part of my life, especially work. I have tricked myself into thinking that I am "working" by watching people tell me how to work "better". But the problem is that I was not actually working; I was just watching entertainment that was disguised as "feeling like I am doing work". Of course, it is beneficial to optimize wealth, health, and relationships, but there is a time and place for everything.

A close friend of mine told me a story last year about one of her family members' partners. This man, in his 40s, was jobless and living in his partner's house, using her income to support himself. And was a writing a book about ….

self-help.

lol

A shorter one this week. But the messege is a simple one, lets do the work.

Will be reporting on how that has gone next week.

Lots of love,

Koko