The choices most people make are opiates. They let you turn yourself off. Power down. They let life just happen around you. You give in to them, fall asleep, and wake up years later. You’ll be totally unfulfilled, but too lethargic to care. Those choices are comfortable.
TV is comfortable. Video games are comfortable. Staying in your unfulfilling job is comfortable. Holding your drink at your chest in a bar and telling yourself that no one there is worth talking to is comfortable.
Shitty decisions that will turn you into a shitty person are almost ALWAYS comfortable.
The decisions we ought to make . . . they’re shots of adrenaline. They demand and provide hyper-awareness. Your chest tightens. Your handles tingle. Your heart races.
Most of us feel our hearts thump faster and shrink away. We feel excited or nervous, and we second-guess ourselves.
We have it backwards. Fear, excitement, feeling your chest lock up and your throat clench and suddenly being extremely aware of how dumb your hands look wherever you put them: these are signs you are doing the RIGHT thing. Lean into these emotions. Hunt them. Follow your fear.
If you are socio-economically privileged enough to be reading this blog, fear isn’t something to run from. Fear doesn’t mean you are about to get eaten by a lion or beaten to death. It means you are about to enter into a social situation that is new to you or stretch yourself in an amazing way.
So what scares the hell out of you? Is it physically dangerous? If not, THAT is exactly what you need to be doing. No more easy shit. If it’s easy, it’s a waste of your time. If it scares you to death, now you’re getting somewhere.
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