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What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do
The best thing to do when you don’t know what to do is to shut up and get to work.
Don’t worry about what you should do and just do something.
Pick the first best thing that comes to your mind and run with it.
I know this sounds confusing and backwards, but hear me out:
The biggest reason you are so confused about what to do right now is because you thought it through so much that you opened up more possibilities than you know what to do with.
None of those possibilities were perfect, so you decided to keep looking, and, in the process of trying to find the perfect solution, you got yourself lost in indecision.
There is no perfect answer, but you already know what you should do, you just do not want to do it.
The thing is that you will not figure out an easier way just by thinking about it.
It will not get easier if you keep waiting on it.
You need to act.
When you do not know what to do anymore think about what you want and what the best way to get there, and then start immediately.
- Find out where you want to go — Where do you want this journey to take you?
- Find out how to best get there — What…
