Hey, everybody, what's up? It's Chase. Welcome to another episode of the show. Today's

micro show is something I've been excited to record for some time. And I'm just going to warn you,

it flies in the face of something that you've heard for your entire life. Your entire life,

you've heard the phrase, life is short. And while I agree with the intention

behind it, it often creates some bad behavior. And as many of you know, I'm just on the other

side of my mom having passed away during the holidays. And so this is extra prescient for me,

but it doesn't change the fact that I believe life is long. And while I grew up hearing that life was short,

just like you, that we ought to make the most of it. Our friends, our teachers and parents,

they meant well. They put that phrase on repeat to get us to make decisions and act. And while I'm

all for action over procrastination and overthinking, the toxic unspoken message that underpins

life is short is that there just

isn't room for mistakes for turning inward or true creation. So enter, familiar phrase,

you better play it safe. You heard that a million times, right? It's not an accident. This is

the title of my newest book. Be sure to get it right, right? Moreover, you better decide on your path, insert, you know, career, relationships, school,

whatever here, quickly or else you'll be wasting your life away.

But I often find myself thinking, what if flailing around without purpose and being terrified

of making a misstep is equally an awful problem.

What if rushing and desperately trying to hit benchmark after benchmark is very clearly a recipe

for disaster?

Unfortunately, that's both how and why most people live in fear.

They play it safe and end up navigating according to a prefab plan without really considering if the life their building is the one they actually want.

It's specifically by allowing outside pressures and the artificial rigid plans of others to shape our days that we get off track.

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