Note to self: be more messy

I wrote a note in my phone this week that says: TAKE MESSY ACTION.

As a recovering perfectionist, there’s something so incredibly healing about just doing the thing. Doing the thing without a plan. Doing the thing knowing that I will undoubtedly make a mistake. Doing the thing even though someone might (and probably will) think it’s cringe. Leaning into the cringe.

I’ve always been a big thinker. Big ideas energize me. Theres literally a list in my phone of business ideas - all unexecuted.

Last year I built a website, bought a domain, and started an email list. And then I never touched it again. Maybe out of fear of what people would think if it failed, fear that I would sink in money that I would never see again, fear that the website wasn’t good enough. Probably fear that I wasn’t good enough.

Two weeks ago, someone that I follow and really respect announced that they were launching the exact same business idea.

And that’s not the first time I’ve said to myself “I wish I listened to my gut.” I’ve learned that my intuition is always right. 10 out of 10 times.

A huge pillar of my authentic code (shoutout Lacy Phillips To Be Magnetic) is authentic expression. So this year my mantra is: take messy action. Do the thing without a plan. Figure it out as you go. This Substack is a big part of being more messy. And for anyone out there stuck in the overthinking cycle: being messy feels incredibly fulfilling and healing in a way that I cannot overstate.

Just do the damn thing.