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Just do.

Thinking is not doing.

Arjun DS Pahwa
3 min readApr 10, 2021

The question is — what can you do?

The answer is — what you want to do, do.

Don’t think or overthink about it.

The more you think about doing it, the more you keep yourself away from actually doing it.

Just do.

Want to paint? Stand before you canvas, pick your brush and start painting. Don’t waste another second thinking about it. You shouldn’t walk towards the thoughts, the thoughts should come to you. The art should come to you.

Want to write? Start writing whatever thought is coming to your mind. Don’t go thinking about it. Let your imagination do its job.

An imagination is more powerful when it has its own space to breathe.

Don’t choke your imagination. God, no. Don’t push where it doesn’t want to go. Set it free. Let it be free. Let it bring wonderful thoughts to you; don’t let your deliberate thoughts block its way.

Trying to save a relationship? Go and save it. Talk. Write a letter. Send an apology. Send two. And that’s it. Your job is done. Wait for the reply, but don’t think about it. Don’t go killing yourself. Don’t be all gloomy and sad. Don’t waste another moment. Because all you can do now is think about it, and thinking is not doing. Thoughts…

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