We are always solving something

Balancing all the responsibilities we have such as our family, job, religion and passion is not easy. But what I'm learning along the way is that not managing these core responsibilities would make my life very meaningless. So the realization I have is, there are always going to be problems I'm going to have to solve. Because that's what life is, we're always solving problems and that is what makes it meaningful, once we solve one problem we are then met with another, then another, then another and so on

Knowing this, what could potentially be the next right thing to do? according to me it should be to expand your knowledge base, because your actions cannot be wiser then your thoughts and your thinking cannot be wiser then your understanding, but if you're like: "Well, thank you Hashim, that's a very revolutionary idea, what should I do about it then?" I'm very much confident you'd already know what you need to do, such as which book to pick up, which social media to limit yourself from, which bad habit to cut down on, what next step you should take for your passion etc. My advice is do something, yes, do something and forget about doing it very perfectly. Chasing perfection or the right time, or the right mood, or the right energy is what makes us continuously keep putting off our plans. The most successful people we all know, didn't do everything because of some out the world will power or because of making and executing a flawless plan right of the bat. We can't rely on that occasional motivation burst we get which pushes us to get a gym membership, where we start picking heavy weights up, thinking we'll become Batista very soon if we keep it up.

We need to fix this "putting plans off for the right moment" illusion and get some things straight. we usually wait for this loop before actually doing something: Get inspired, motivation kicks in, we then finally take some action, Mark Manson in his incredible book "The subtle art of not giving a f**k" suggests us to reorient this mindset, instead of the above, we should follow this pattern

"do something" = take action first, action will naturally spring inspiration for more, which will eventually motivate you do to more action

This is the key to getting stuff done: Action -> inspiration -> motivation -> action and the loop starts

As Manson suggests: Action isn't just the effect of motivation, but it's also the cause of it

I'm currently working on this, email me at connect@hashimmahmood.com if you have any feedback, thoughts to share or if you'd like to discuss anything related to my blogs at anytime

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