Everything is Simple but Application is Hard

Every goal you have is simple. If you want to accomplish anything of any worth there is no mystery as to the steps. You start where you can, with what you have, and you continue in that fashion day after day. Now the results may vary, methods may need to be changed or updated, but ultimately any time spent working towards said goal is time spent shrinking the time horizon between you and that goal.

If you were to argue this point, I would argue that you’re only arguing because you’re not doing. I think in 99% of cases, I would be right to make this assumption. You’re obviously not going to be amazing at doing something when you first begin, and you’re not even going to be very good at trying to do it either. Your methods will be lacklustre, inefficient, you will take much more time to accomplish something than someone who is further down the path than you.

That too, is part of the process. The human mind is designed to learn. It is the reason for its evolution and its proper use as a tool. We identify with the mind too much, see ourselves only as the minds processes, incarnating into thought after thought, that we miss the fact that mind is tool. Mind is not to be taken seriously, it is there to be used.

Due to its powerful nature as a weapon of creation, it can also be turned against you. As all things that are complex and highly potent, if caution is not exercised one can harm themselves. The mind is no different. Its power is that of distraction. Why? Because mind is lazy. Mind wants to play. Mind wants to wander. Mind wants to save energy. Mind wants to protect you.

But if used for its original purpose, mind is the ultimate solution finder. Or rather, it is a solution creator. Find anything and direct your mind towards its fulfilment and mind will find a way. The issue arises when we find stupid shit to direct our mind towards. We more often direct our minds to stupid shit than that which is worthwhile.

But I say all of that to say this. Anything you have in mind as something you wish to achieve or fulfil in the future is nothing but an outcome of Now. Thus it stands to reason that if you desire anything it is only through the consistent application of the steps consistent with that desire that you will reach the destination in mind. If you cannot at least do that, there is only one possibility.

You do not want it that badly.

And that’s okay. Honestly, it really is. Not everything is for everyone. But even that revelation needs to come about through direct applied effort of asking yourself ‘what do I want out of life.’

You must become very good at asking the right questions. You must become very good at knowing thyself. That on its own is a valuable skill and time spent not doing that is time spent wandering from illusion to illusion.

Find clarity by sharpening your self understanding. Find clarity through honest introspection of who you really are and what you really want.

But don’t kid yourself. Learning a language requires studying a language. Writing a book requires writing down words on a page. Getting in shape requires doing exercise. Losing weight requires watching what you eat.

There is no trick. Once you understand that, the only thing that distinguishes you from the one which has achieved their goals is this process stretched out over time. Time is the deciding factor once one has committed and applied themselves to the process. But then, by the time you do reach your goals, you may have found that the daily ritual of pursuing them was what you had been looking for all along.

By then, the goal might not even really matter.