"Things that aren't doing the thing:

- Preparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
- Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
- Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.
- Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
- Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn't doing the thing.
- Writing a banger tweet about how you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
- Hating on yourself for not doing the thing isn't doing the thing.
- Hating on other people who have done the thing isn't doing the thing.
- Hating on the obstacles in the way of doing the thing isn't doing the thing.
- Fantasizing about all of the adoration you'll receive once you do the thing isn't doing the thing.
- Reading about how to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
- Reading about how other people did the thing isn't doing the thing.
- Reading this essay isn't doing the thing.
- The only thing that is doing the thing is doing the thing."