To stop thinking and to start doing

Recently, my friend made a very sensible statement to me. He said, "sometimes we shouldn't think too much because we'll end up stagnant." Apparently his counselor told this to him. I can say i've always belonged to the type of people who thinks more than does. I think about alot of things and i always end up firstly, forgetting what i thought about.. Secondly, even if i remember and do carry it out, I only do it for awhile and i forget after that. I guess the wisdom lies in that, no matter how much we think or how much we think we know what's going to happen, the truth is, things don't always go as planned.

We may think following a particular lifestyle is going to get you those results, but, in the end, circumstances shape your decisions and you may not have the same opportunities or same circumstances as someone else. Why we become stagnant is because, sometimes there are so many ways to do something, and at times these ways contradict each other.

For example, some people say you should try everything so that you'll actually know what you don't like and what you really like. While other people say, you shouldn't be a jack of all trades and master of none. Find something that makes you money and then concentrate on that, while later in life when you have enough money, you can do what you want. These two lifestyles obviously contradict and which should we follow? We will never know.

So the advice would be to not think about it and just do it. Along the way, self-reflection is good as you are constantly asking yourself is this the way i want it to be done. Is this what i truly want. I cannot count the countless hours of thinking and coming to no valuable conclusion or gained any valuable wisdom. Perhaps the only wisdom that can be gained is through self-reflection of past actions and self-correction.