There’s no right decision. Figuring out what you want to do with your life isn’t a math formula. You can’t accurately calculate the profitability of your art before you even decide to sell it and you can’t determine ahead of time if people will like your work before you even offer it. The decision about what you do and how you do it isn’t what’s going to make you successful or not.

Waiting to do what you love is harder than just taking the leap and figuring it out. When you’re waiting, you’re in a low value cycle. You’re using energy to force yourself to go to work, to pretend to care about your job, and to convince yourself it’s not time to do what you love. You don’t get what you want and you’re exhausted. Doing what you love is a high value cycle: it leaves you with more energy, more confidence, and the results you want.

Doing what you love is not inherently good or valuable. It’s only valuable because the spiritual, psychological, and emotional lessons you learn while doing it. Most people never go on this journey. Here’s what to expect.

Pandemics are exhausting. It’s not that we’re doing more. We’re thinking more. About risk, exposure, loved ones, symptoms, the right thing to do (or not do)… If you want to do what you love but you’re exhausted, become a steward of your energy. You’re the only one who can.

Burnout is not a problem you need to solve. It’s not something that needs to be fixed, overcome, or eliminated. Burnout is the natural result of doing something you don’t want to do, again and again, until you can no longer do it. Burnout is a wake-up call.

Having the perfect plan to jump is not the same thing as jumping. In the beginning you’ll want to spend time crafting the perfect business strategy, program design, and plan - don’t. A plan doesn’t create the confidence you’ll need to take action. Intentionally working on your mindset and taking action creates confidence.

Being not good enough is exhausting. This one thought makes it feel like you are dragging the most sensitive, creative, and important part of you through horse shit while the entire world points and laughs. It does not have to be that way.

Our minds tell us, again and again, that where we're standing isn't the optimal place to do what our heart wants us to do. Just because we're not standing in what we think is exactly the right place, looking at it from exactly the right angle, doesn't mean we can't begin.

You can have any thought you want. And the thought you choose next can either sent you on a trajectory of success or suffering. Changing your thoughts is a spiritual practice and is the most compassionate, loving skill you will ever learn.