11 of 30 Things to Stop Doing To Yourself and Start Doing For Yourself

Stop being idle. – Don’t think too much or you’ll create a problem that wasn’t even there in the first place.  Evaluate situations and take decisive action.  You cannot change what you refuse to confront.  Making progress involves risk.  Period!  You can’t make it to second base with your foot on first.


Have you heard of the saying "you can think yourself into a tizzy"?  Don't over think something that really is pretty simple.  The internet is a prime example of too much information being available.    We don't know what information is reliable or not and can think ourselves out of it making a decision because we were overwhelmed by all the information.  WM of PBC


Start giving your ideas and dreams a chance. – In life, it’s rarely about getting a chance; it’s about taking a chance.  You’ll never be 100% sure it will work, but you can always be 100% sure doing nothing won’t work.  Most of the time you just have to go for it!  And no matter how it turns out, it always ends up just the way it should be.  Either you succeed or you learn something.  Win-Win.


Taking chances can be scary or adventurous, it depends on how you look at the situation.  I take chances and sometimes it works out positively and sometimes it was just fun while it lasted but not something I would do regularly, and sometimes it was just stupid and not something I would ever do again, but I gave it a chance.  I wouldn't have known whether I liked it or not had I not taken that step.  The chance we take may not just be about the deed but more about the chance we take with ourselves.  We may find a different part of us we didn't know, we may also find it's a part of us we don't like, but had we not taken the chance we wouldn't know for sure and would always wonder.  That is one amazing part of discovery.  WM of PBC