Most of us have goals like a career move we want to make, skill we want to build, conversation we need to have, or becoming a version of ourselves we know we’re capable of becoming. Sometimes the biggest thing standing between us and that goal isn’t a lack of talent or ambition.

It’s overthinking/talking about it.

The endless questions:

• What if I fail?
• What if I’m not ready?
• What if there’s a better time?

Overthinking can feel productive because we’re busy analyzing, planning, and preparing. Sometimes this is just fear wearing a more professional outfit.

Progress begins with one small action.

• Send the message.
• Take the class.
• Update the resume.
• Ask the question.
• Try the thing.

You don’t need perfection. You need momentum. The next step doesn’t have to prove everything about you. It only has to move you forward.

A reminder from a poem I wrote: “Don’t talk, just do.”

Give your heart.
Give your mind.
Leave the rest behind.

The person you’re becoming is built one small decision at a time.

Though this idea originally started as a poem to myself about getting out of my own head and moving forward. It eventually became a song, because sometimes we need more than advice. Sometimes we need an auditory ear worm that we can feel. “Don’t Talk, Just Do” is the soundtrack to this message: