Fear and steps

Wednesday, March 18

Fear overcomplicates the work, because fear wants you to avoid the work.

It makes it seem like there are too many steps, too many requirements before taking the steps, too big of a gap between the steps, uncertainty about what happens after a certain step.

Mix all of those together and you never take a step. “I’m not ready.” “It’s too much.” “What happens if?” “I won’t have time.”

Getting better (in anything) is never as complicated as fear tells you it will be, never takes as long as fear tells you it will take, and never requires as much as fear tells you it will require.

That doesn’t mean getting better is easy, fast and requires nothing. It just means it’s not as bad as fear makes it out to be.

What is required is what you have today and who you are today. The pace you go is your pace. The step you take is only the next one. The one you can do today. Doesn’t matter how big or small the step, or what the last step was or what the next step might be. Just take the step in front of you today.

Feel fear. Take action. ​
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Keep chopping wood. 🪵🪓

-Kevin