When you’re in motion, you’re planning and strategizing and learning, those are all good things, but they don’t produce a result. Action, on the other hand, is the type of behavior that will deliver an outcome.

might have been thinking about learning a skill, starting a business, earning online, creating a portfolio, or something. Everyone has that one goal in front of them. Think about yours. You might even be in motion; planning, strategizing, watching YouTube videos on how to get that thing done… all that good stuff we do. But have you actually taken any action toward achieving that goal?

I decided to start writing a newsletter sometime mid-last year. I spent so much time researching and planning content ideas — I think I have over a hundred ideas in my content bank. On February 11th this year, I realized I had spent a good 8 months planning and strategizing for a newsletter that may never happen, so I put pen on paper with the first topic that came to mind, and the next day I released the first issue.

Seven weeks in now, I’m beginning to understand that all the fears that kept me from starting and all the loose ends I was trying to tie before “launching” were completely irrelevant. A waste of 8 months. 🥲

Seven weeks writing Digital Discourse.

Anyway, the takeaway here is — You see that goal that you intended to hit last year but carried over to this year? I break every yoke of carry-over in your life. No vex, I’m joking. But really, take action. Nobody cares how long you spend planning. No one cares what’s cooking if the food never gets done or gets burnt from overcooking. Take action now. This is the sign you’ve been waiting for — Me telling you to take action.

Okay, that’s really all I wanted to tell you today. If you weren’t subscribed when I sent the newsletter about learning a digital skill for free (I know most of you guys weren’t), here it is: vikijohnson.link/skill-up In fact, here’s a link to all the past newsletters I’ve sent: vikijohnson.link/newsletters Share it with a friend or two.

PS: The quote above is from the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. I’m halfway through and obsessed. I recommend it!

Talk next week,

Viki 💜

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