Prakhar Gupta

Doing the thing is doing the thing.

25 Jan 2026

Thinking about doing the thing is not doing the thing.

Dreaming about doing the thing is not doing the thing.

Visualizing success from doing the thing is not doing the thing.

Waiting to feel ready to do the thing is not doing the thing.

Talking about doing the thing is not doing the thing.

Explaining the thing to others is not doing the thing.

Arguing online about the thing is not doing the thing.

Announcing that you’ll start the thing is not doing the thing.

Listening to podcasts about doing the thing is not doing the thing.

Watching tutorials about doing the thing is not doing the thing.

Reading threads about how others did the thing is not doing the thing.

Planning the perfect system for the thing is not doing the thing.

Buying tools for the thing is not doing the thing.

Reorganizing your workspace for the thing is not doing the thing.

Feeling guilty about not doing the thing is not doing the thing.

Being “busy” instead of doing the thing is not doing the thing.

Telling yourself you’ll start tomorrow is not doing the thing.

Failing while doing the thing is doing the thing.

Doing it badly is doing the thing.

Doing it timidly is doing the thing.

Doing a small part of the thing is doing the thing.

Writing a blog about doing the thing is not doing the thing.

I should probably get back to work.