"You can't wait for everything to be ok..."

“You can’t wait for everything to be ok, to live your life.” - 2:21:24 into episode #1847 of JRE, Theo Von quotes something that Dustin Poirier texted him.

That’s rough to take in for a calculator like me. But it’s an objective truth. And I think it’s applicable to every microcosm of life. You can’t wait for every thought to be aligned just right before you begin writing a novel. You can’t wait for all other stressors in your life to be alleviated before you begin making healthier lifestyle choices. You can’t figure out every crevice of a business deal before it even happens. I’ve been frozen at different times in my life. Overthinking things unnecessarily. Stressing over what if future scenarios that never happen. Each time I reflect back on those moments, it’s clear they were not helpful or productive or have any net positive result. So, begin to live. Don’t allow paralysis by analysis to be your MO. Make a conscious and deliberate effort to start taking steps in the general direction of your dreams.

~ 09.07.2022 @ 8:22am