- It's easy to get bogged down trying to find the optimal plan for change...We are so focused on figuring out the best way that we never get around to taking action. - There's a difference in being in motion and action - Motion is functions like planning, learning, preparing. It is an important component to completing goals. - Action is the functions and behaviors one takes that results in change and outcome. - Why do we find ourselves "in motion?" - Sometimes we do need to plan and learn, this is reasonable - Most times it's so that we feel like we're making progress without the real risk of failure. - Choosing to perform "in motion" is just a way to delay failure. - We shouldn't just be spending all of our time planning the task, rather we should be practicing it. - Active practice (repetition) even if imperfect is better than spending the same amount of time theorizing (photography students) - The more reps, the more structure the brain builds which makes the habit more and more efficient. - Repetition is a form of change - Frequency, not time, determines habit forming. # Post This week Clear identifies the difference between being in motion and action. I was kind of gut punched when he brought up that being in motion isn't the same as taking action. It hit me hard because I know that I do it.... The idea of being in motion is all of the optimizing and making straight a path that I "intend" to walk later. Reading about ideas for blogs, planning just how to make my Obsidian vault "perfect," and dwelling on potential future things are all "motions" but none of them are "action." Writing my blog post, taking my notes, and engaging that future thing are all actions. It's way too easy for us to get ourselves trapped in the motion of finding the optimal plan for a change that we fail to ever take action on enacting that change. We do this, or at least I do, as an attempt to avoid the potential failure. I know that I've talked to each one of you about your path, at some point. **How are you taking action to move yourself toward those goals, or do you find yourself in the "in motion" phase for whatever reason?**