Thought of the week – The Difference Between Preparing to Do It and Actually Doing It

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“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.” 

~Loopy, as seen on https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/april-3-2025