We all have to shit, right?
Of course we do. So here's where we get to talk about how we do it. You see, when we want to have a good clear out of our systems, we don't worry about whether it will go right, or wrong, or whether it will make a mess. We just decide to go to the crapper, and we sit, and we do.
Why on earth am I talking about this? You might ask. Well, there are so many things we do in life which are pretty well automatic, and most of them relate to the healthy operation of our bodies. So why, oh why, do we not pay the same attention to our dreams and ambitions? What stops us from going, and doing, when it comes to what we really want the most in our lives.
It all comes down to conditioning, and things are starting to change for the better in this area, but most of us are conditioned throughout our schooling, and our parents' beliefs and expectations. None of it comes from our natural instincts. Our mind gets in the way and stops us in our tracks.
We have to get a good job, right from the start, it's not cool to start at the bottom. In the broom cupboard, or shovelling shite, or stacking shelves. And to get that good job, we need good grades. So we have to be able to engage at school, and to fit with the system.
But that's bollocks, because - if you are reading this - you are probably the kind of person who absolutely did NOT fit with the school system. You maybe got shitty grades, or none at all. And so you knew that you had to get a shitty job, and start from the bottom. That's your only option.
And so now you are stuck either working up the ranks in a job which you don't really want to be in, or you are just floating from job to job, not knowing which one is going to be right for you.
But what you really wanted to do was work in music, or maybe do something creative, or be a woodworker. Instead, you are stuffing clothes into bags on a factory line, or punching data into a keyboard, day in, day out. With no escape...
And that's where this article comes in - why AREN'T you doing what you really feel like you should be doing? Why aren't you getting shit done, your way? Why haven't you followed your dream and started to make shit happen for you?
Because you are scared. Because everything you have ever been led to believe suggests that you can't do it, or shouldn't do it.
You're scared because you left it too late. You're scared because you'd risk a whole bunch of material stuff if it didn't work. So you don't even bother to try. Anyway, your other half wouldn't let you do it because it's silly.
A whim.
A pipe dream.
But you're miserable, let's be honest. you say it's ok, and you just put up with it, but if you had your time again, you'd do things differently.
So I am here to tell you to wake the fuck up.
That material stuff is immaterial. It'll all be in a box in a loft 70 years from now. Or in someone else's loft. Or in landfill.
Ok so if you are happy, you are content, and you are loving the daily 9-5 (or 8-6, as it is quite often becoming these days), then stop reading. I am probably pissing you right off. I don't care, by the way. If I am pissing you off, I know that I will be striking a chord with someone who needs to read this.
So - are you ready to wake the fuck up. To take the decision to go and do exactly what the fuck you wanted to do in the first place?
It's time to take action. Decide you are going to do it - don't worry how you are gonna do it. Just decide to do it. The how will come to you as you take the first step... it's a bit like going for a shit, really - you get up off your chair, walk through the bathroom door, close it, pull your trousers down, and the rest kinda comes naturally. Off you pop...
Today is "Get Shit Done - Day One".
Begin it now... I love you for being bold.
