Feeling Uncertain Doesn't Make You Weak, Weird, or Unqualified

you have to lean into the really uncomfortable feeling of making a risky career choice, which means not knowing where your next pay cheque might come from. But you have to believe in the long-term vision, which for me is being as independent as possible.

If you know something’s going to work, it’s not worth working on. It requires no courage. It requires no faith. It requires no skin in the game. Whether you’re a spy or a teacher or a spouse or a painter or an abuela or an astronaut or a monk or a barista or a board-game designer, the bits that matter are the bits you make matter by putting yoursel

However, “clarity” does not mean you have it all figured out. It means you’re clear on the next step or two. If you’re at mile marker 1 and your dream is at mile marker 50, you just need enough info and support to get to mile marker 3 or 4. Once you get there, you’ll need further instructions. But you have no clue what those instructions will be, b

So what can we take away from this? The first part — that anxious, anticipatory stage — is by far the worst. That’s where we typically experience the greatest discomfort. If we take the time to review our previous experiences, we can see that waiting to do something feels quite different than the experience of actually doing it.