The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F_ck

yourself chasing false dreams, or if you know that there’s
some better metric you should be measuring yourself with
but you don’t know how—the answer is the same:
Do something.
That “something” can be the smallest viable action
toward something else. It can be anything.
Recognize that you’ve been an entitled prick in all of your
relationships and want to start developing more compassion
for others? Do something. Start simple. Make it a goal to
listen to someone’s problem and give some of your time to
helping that person. Just do it once. Or promise yourself that
you will assume that you are the root of your problems next
time you get upset. Just try on the idea and see how it feels.
That’s often all that’s necessary to get the snowball
rolling, the action needed to inspire the motivation to keep
going. You can become your own source of inspiration. You
can become your own source of motivation. Action is always
within reach. And with simply doing something as your only
metric for success—well, then even failure pushes you
forward.