Hello, hello, everyone. This is Tanya Dalton, owner of Inquale Press, and I'm here to give you another episode of The Weekender.

This week in episode 43, we talked about analysis paralysis. And at the end of the episode, I touched on the

idea of being a doer instead of just a thinker. You need to take risks. You need to commit to

taking action and begin to create a habit of moving towards your goals. Thomas Jefferson

once said, do you want to know who you are?

Don't ask, act.

Action will delineate and define you.

So while I think that thinking and, of course, planning are important, actions will always beat intentions.

Just thinking about and planning doesn't do you any good if you don't

actually do it. So I want you to build momentum through a series of small actions. This will start

to build yourself confidence. Not taking action is actually more stifling than taking action because the constant anxiety about

needing to do something causes more stress than the action itself. All of the self-help articles

and podcast episodes in the world will not be able to help you if you never take action and you let

these ideas sit on a shelf

and gather dust. A bad idea carried out will actually do more for you than a good idea that isn't.

Because at least with a bad idea, you can learn from it. You can build upon it. So I really want you to get started. Find that place between

jumping in head first without any thought and not doing anything at all. Here's what I want you

to ask yourself this week. What can I do right now to take even the smallest step towards

achieving my most important goal.

Spend just a few minutes today thinking about the answer to that question.

And then I want you to start formulating a plan to start moving forward.

Author Madeline Le Engle once said,

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