Do It. Then Evaluate It.

Yelena: I’m dying of boredom. Is there nothing to do?

Sofya: There’s no lack of things to do. If you wished to do them?

Yelena: Tell me one.

Sofya: Teach. Treat the sick. Care for the Estate.

Yelena: …mmm…hmm…

Sofya: Much to do. (Pause.) When you and Papa weren’t here. Uncle and I would go to the market and sell flour.

Yelena: I wouldn’t know how. And, besides, it doesn’t interest me. In ideological novels people jump up and declare they’re going to Teach, or treat the sick. But how should I do that? Just, suddenly…just…

Sofya: If you did it, you’d be drawn to it. Oh, yes, my darling. -excerpt from the play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov (David Mamet adaptation)

If you get a strong instinct for something you might want to do or try…before spending time thinking about it or imagining how it might make you feel, and then most likely talking yourself out of it…DO it. Give it a little bit of time (like a 40 day challenge, hint, hint). Then EVALUATE it. Otherwise, you haven’t given it or yourself a fair shot.