Oct 4 • General discussion
Acting over thinking is scary but the only path to growth
I’ve never been scared of dying but I’m scared of dying average.
What I mean by that is that I want to live life to my fullest potential. I’m guessing a lot of people want to do the same but wanting to live and actually living are very different things.
As a massive overthinker and perfectionist I can have the best intentions of achieving more, growing, becoming the best version of myself but all that wanting and ambition is living in my head. Its the ‘doing’ that will allow me actually grow and achieve more.
In the last 9 months I’ve achieved 2 things that I wanted to but always thought I was not smart enough or skilled enough (juggling with 3 balls and completing a Rubik's cube). Here’s the overthinking kicking in.
Its only when I was willing to try and fail that I actually accomplished these things. The juggling came from a course I took at work where the teacher encouraged us to try something that we thought was unachievable for us. Not everyone was able to succeed in juggling 3 balls in the short time we had to try but most people got further than they ever had.
The Rubik’s cube achievement came when my 7 year old daughter asked if I could complete it for her so she could see all the sides the same colour.
Both of these achievements came from someone else challenging me and I could of easily said “I can’t do that”, however decided to learn, practise and try.
What I realised in both of these tasks was that there is a process, a certain way to achieving these. Any time I had tried in the past was a shot in the dark which allowed me to believe that I had no chance and my belief was solidified.
So learning the process and consistently acting, practising, failing allowed me to finally achieve.
Moving forward, I still have the perfectionist mindset, overthinking, want to procrastinate and voice telling me that my comfort zone is the best zone to be in, however I am gradually chipping away at it by proving that the comfort zone is only going to keep me where I am and this is with the belief that want to achieve more but am not quite ready.
This path leads to a certain feeling of regret when I reach my end.
I can now see a new path opening up. Its dark and scary but I know its the path to actually achieving more, being more and looking back at my life with pride knowing that I have challenged myself, pushed my mind and body to become more than average.
I hope this article/post is the slight nudge that gets you to try something that you currently believe is impossible for you and not be afraid of failing as I had in the juggling and Rubik’s cube.
Prove the ‘what if’, ‘I can’t’, thinking wrong by taking action and surprising yourself and in the future you’ll look back and smile that you took the dark, scary growth path.
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