Motion

Momentum is its own reward

There are points in our lives where we’re presented with multiple options [or not the options we want] — resulting in us getting stuck (a seemingly strange outcome, when there seem to be many paths forward).

There’s a name for this condition: decision/analysis paralysis.

The internal monologue always seems to revolve around “not making the wrong choice, so we don’t lose time/resources” — we seem to be waiting for a “perfect” situation.

What should you do: eliminate all the bad options — that don’t align with where you think you’re heading — pick one of the few that remains, then move.

That is enough for now: even if you fail, you’ll at least learn something.

Let me describe the nature of the perfect opportunity/situation:

It is a culmination of days/months/years of actions seeking clarity, trying, failing, learning and [sometimes] succeeding until an opportune time comes where all the experiences of the past are required for what lies ahead — almost as if it was perfectly positioned.

The perfect opportunity comes with motion, not stasis.