Do Everything | Poorly Drawn Lines

Other people hold off entirely from starting on important projects or embarking on intimate relationships in the first place because they can’t bear the anxiety of having committed themselves to something that might or might not work out happily in practice.

In life, a lot of people talk about doing the thing they want to do. They talk and they imagine and they brainstorm and they keep their work hidden and all the while, they convince themselves what they’re doing is brilliant. They are waiting, waiting for the perfect moment to reveal their amazing work to the world—and then, then, everyone will see.