Stop Preparing. Start Doing. (A Note to Self)
Preparing is not doing. Reading is not doing. Writing is not doing. Thinking is not doing. Doing is doing. Action only equates to action, not preparation, not hopes, not expectations. Right now, it’s 9:38pm, you are watching a stupid YouTube video about a guy named Nate who is running a 100-mile race in Colorado. You have also eaten two bowls of pasta plus a bowl of Frosted Flakes. You are also reading a Biography about Benjamin Franklin who is constantly talking about “INDUSTRY”. Not in the sense of companies and organizations, but in the sense of personal responsibility. As you look at your life you have realized that you have done very little. Your greatest accomplishment in life is finding a good woman who has given you two good children. This is no small accomplishment; you should be humbled by finding the kind of love that you have. But there is plenty that you have left undone. There is plenty that you want to do, but you have slowly convinced yourse...