You Got Sh*t To Do!

I recently came across a TEDx Talk by Mel Robbins, a well known life coach and author with a special talent for public speaking. Her talk on getting what you want got the wheels in my mind moving, and I got to thinking-whats the point of people striving for better? what drives us to do this?
Well, the simple answer is we are driven by our feelings and emotions.

Think about this: we avoid painful emotions by completely shutting them out, or avoiding them as much as possible, while we bask in the joy and laughter of others. We avoid activities or others who upset us, and stick with what we know to be safe, even if it's boring.

But why do we do it? why not just dive right on in the deep end and swim our way out?
Because our brain is a little bit like this: we function on autopilot in our day to day lives, where we miss the unpredictable and stick with the safe, if boring existence we currently lead.  The part of our brain is the panic button. The minute we step outside of the 'safe' zone, thats when we unconsciously ht the panic button and freak out. Our emotions go bonkers, our ability to think rationally ge right out the window. Heck, sometimes this works out well because we meet someone uber cool or good-looking, but other times it really doesn't do us any favours.

So, given these two extreme modes our brain loves, you have two choices: either sit on your butt and watch life pass you by uneventfully and without any great amount of joy because its "safe", or grab it by the balls and yank it, pull it, squeeze it until it bends to your command.

And just in case you needed a bit more motivation? Did you know that the chances of you existing in the world right now, with the parents you have, genetic make up, taking into account all the wars, conflicts and other disasters in human history, are 1 in 400 TRILLION. 

Yep.

That's 400 followed by 12 zeros.

So what the hell are you still doing on your butt? heck, with the 1 in 400 TRILLION chance you have, do something amazing with it! Start that business, enroll in that course, learn to cook French food or pick up that hot babe at the bar! Get out there, you have sh*t to do people!