Action Creates Clarity

Why You Don't Have to Know Exactly Where You're Going Before You Begin

“To become” requires intention, and actually arriving where you want to be requires action.

Contemplation can turn you into a master procrastinator.

Before I started The Bungaloom, I wondered if it would work. Would people understand that I was creating an online place where they could read something that shifted their perspective about themselves, or what they were facing, and helped them see things differently? I thought about creating this site for a long time, changing the name and concept more than once. But eventually I had to stop contemplating, push aside the fear that it wouldn't make sense to anyone else, and act. It would be the only way I could actually know.

Contemplation can feel heavy, ranging from inspiring to depleting, but it's actually light on action. It's easy to get stuck there, where no actual progress lives.

Continuous contemplation is waiting for the perfect moment when there is no perfect moment. Instead, we must weigh our options, decide upon a risk we're willing to take, a sacrifice we’re willing to make, and begin with what we have, where we are.

The big picture can feel overwhelming, but action is the gold that creates clarity. Action moves us from what we think to what we know.

Action helps us discover what we enjoy, what we're good at, and what no longer fits. Sometimes the only way to know is to try. Every experience teaches us something we couldn't have learned any other way.

Action tells us more than thinking ever can.

Now, a thing about confidence.

Confidence doesn't come before action. It builds quietly as we show up for ourselves day after day. Every time we take action despite self-doubt, we reinforce the belief that we're capable.

The people we admire don’t take action because they have certainty. They take action because they’re confident that they can figure it out along the way.

Clarity does not come from more thinking. Clarity comes from action.