Avoidance & Distraction | Just Do The Thing
Buying Stuff
Buying stuff to do your Thing often feels good. This can even look like progress. But it isn’t. Don’t get confused.
If only buying stuff made things easier! What a wonderful world this would be! But life isn’t like it is in the commercials.
Yes, we’ve all been marketed to for a long time, so long that we’ve even come to believe a lot of it. But The Thing does not believe, and it does not care about what tools you use or what toys you possess. It only cares about getting Done.
No matter how many tools or books you buy (including this one!) your Thing still needs you to focus with all your Doing energy. While you’re reading or learning to use the shiny new toy you bought, your Thing is left waiting for you. Impatiently.
If your Thing really does need some stuff in order to exist, go borrow or rent the stuff. After you’ve tried this stuff and your Thing has decided it likes how this particular stuff tastes, then you can buy it.
Until then, avoid buying stuff! Lest The Thing spit it back out at you like a kid with a spoonful of well-intentioned “But it’s good for you!”