Here I am, staring at a blank page and trying to figure out what to write.

I get hundreds of random ideas throughout the day and even if I jot them down, they don’t seem good enough to put on paper when the time comes.

I feel this intense anxiety right now that I can’t seem to shake and it makes me feel like I would do anything to get away from the screen and distract my mind with something else.

However, this is the first time that I have one extra thought. One that doesn’t usually rise to the surface when I face this problem.

This thought feels like a beacon cutting through the night’s darkness, relieving anxiety and providing direction.

It’s this quote that I heard not too long ago from Alex Hormozi.

Alex is the type of person who deals with issues in his life by defining and explaining his feelings to himself and developing systems to work through issues that arise from these feelings.

I resonate with Alex a lot. I can go back through 20 years of my life and pinpoint exact moments in time when I’ve been unable to make a decision, communicate properly with other people, or go through the task that I need to do on the day due to not understanding the way I felt and what is causing it. More often than not I would end up procrastinating or finding something else to do that felt like work but didn’t move the needle.

“Sadness comes from having a lack of options. That’s why it feels like despair.

Anxiety comes from having too many options and not being able to make a decision.

The lack of options is usually due to a knowledge gap. So the best way to solve this is through education and research.

On the other hand, having too many options can be solved by focusing on one specific thing.”

The problem with “motivational” quotes is that while they sound nice and impactful people never actually benefit from them until there’s a situation where the quote applies. That’s assuming that they remember the quote in the first place.

As soon as I started writing this that quote from Alex popped into my mind.

I have so many options.

I’ve written down so many impactful lessons from podcasts and books that I don’t know where to start.

I’m starting to realize how disorganized my mind is. How hard it is to put my thoughts onto paper.

On top of that, my writing sucks. And this is not a hit piece on myself. It’s self-reflection.

How can I expect to write something good, when I’ve never actually practiced the skill?

I was thinking about something the other day as I was listening to yet another 3-hour podcast.

How much of what I’m hearing applies to my life now? Almost none of it.

It was very useful information and great insights into the life of successful people but there was this one question that I could shake.

How does any of this help me right now? It doesn’t. It could all be useful in the future.

Followed by the next logical question.

What is the one thing I can do right now that will have the biggest impact?

The answer was quite simple.

Write, write, write, and write until it becomes so natural that there’s no more anxiety associated with it.

I need to prove to myself that I can be consistent and put in the effort that is required to develop the skill.

This is what I intend to do.

I will write every day.

It will suck in the beginning and I will cringe when I read it but I will post it.

I will keep repeating it until I get better.

I’ll couple this with engagement on the platform with as much volume as possible.

I know I will succeed because I’m measuring my success on the effort that I put in, not on the outcome.

I will get better and my brand will grow.

Now it’s time to go walk the walk.

Until next time.

Spencer