DO THE THING BY ANTHONY SCOTT

Do the thing.

Seems simple enough...seems pretty vague and basic to be honest, and you are absolutely right. So, why do we struggle so much to do the thing?

Well, that’s a loaded question. Why do we wait until we are out of underwear to do laundry? Just do the thing. Why do we hesitate whenever we get an internship offer, even when we know that we are going to take it? Just do the thing. Why do we wait until the last week to do the bulk of our semester long project? Just do the thing. Why do we ideate, converge, pivot, diverge, repeat just to go with the ideas that we had from the first convergence? Just do the thing.

We get caught up in the process. Whether we get lazy because we think about the process instead of the result or we are stuck in ensuring that we performed the process correctly. We obsess with the creative process to the point that we lose sight of the end goal. There is a point where we all just have to DO THE THING.

This doesn’t mean skip steps, ignore process, or half-ass your project. This means that, at a point, the thing needs to be done. Next time you feel stuck, lazy, or like you are in an endless loop, just remember...Do The Thing.