from 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.

  • 光说不练假把式，真正动手去做才是关键
  • 把时间排得满满当当，列出长长的待办清单只是纸上谈兵
  • 跟人吹嘘自己要做什么，发朋友圈炫耀，这些都只是虚张声势
  • 自怨自艾，嫉妒他人，抱怨困难，这些都不算数
  • 幻想着成功后的荣耀，这些都不及实际行动来得实在
  • 研究别人怎么做，看论文，这些都只是积累知识而非实际行动