My Definition of Analysis Paralysis:
- Knowing that you want to do something to change yourself for the better, but not knowing what that thing is or how to accomplish it. This uncertainty leads you into a cycle of procrastination and little to no action actually taken.
Currently I am in the process of working out of a phase of my life. I am going to call this phase analysis paralysis. This phase started around my Senior year of college when it finally set in that I was going to have to join the real world and get a big boy job. Before this phase started, I would say that 90% of my mental energy was spent on being a great student athlete and thinking about how I could maximize the fun I was having each semester.
Now, with the thought of being a real person in mind, something clicked. I wanted more. More out of my life. I have seen many, many people take the same path. This path consists of:
- Graduate College
- Get a job
- Get Content with Life
Now understand stand this, I don't think there is anything wrong with this path at all. I just know that I am not going to let it be my path. Call me greedy or whatever you feel appropriate, but this doesn't feel like enough for me. It was time to learn what my options were.
During my analysis paralysis phase I took in a lot of new information. I read books on self-improvement, real estate, and anything else that I thought could benefit me in the future. Now this point right here is where I think a lot of people, myself included, get stuck. We get convinced by our brain that we must wait for the perfect opportunity to pursue something new. "Oh well, I am still in college, as soon as I'm finished I will start grinding." Harsh truth, this doesn't work. The longer you delay the action, the more likely you are to keep pushing it off.
I recently had a conversation with someone who I admire and has started taking action to transform his life. He told me that the entirety of his analysis paralysis phase lasted only for one book. Following his completion of this book he decided to take action and take the steps that the book suggested. "Anything else that I needed to learn I would learn along the way." Did he know everything, no, but he was not about to let procrastination delay his success any longer. The ball has kept on rolling ever since he decided to take that first step and now, he is starting to reap the rewards.
There will always be a reason to not start something. But are you okay with the fact that if you don't start, you will not achieve all that you hope to in life? Are you okay with getting to old age and not being able to say that you did everything in your power to succeed? This is what motivates me when not much else can. I know that I am destined for more and I am determined to be relentless in my pursuit for a life that I can be proud of.
Let's do it together, less pondering over potential ideas and more taking action to try new things!
As always, comments and criticism welcomed!
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