Gaining Impulse/Overcoming Inertia

Brutus:

There is a tide in the affairs of men.

Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;

Omitted, all the voyage of their life

Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

On such a full sea are we now afloat,

And we must take the current when it serves,

Or lose our ventures.

William Shakespear’s ‘Julius Caesar’ Act 4, scene 3, 218–224

Yes, I admit to being a straggler. Being overly cautious and failing to launch out. Be it a business plan, a friendship, a possible relationship or what not, I stall.

Now, in the time I stall I go through many cycles. Cycles in which I’m spurred by passion and go all out studying about my intended course of action. Cycles in which I lose interest and binge on irrelevant things. Cycles in which I second guess my capacity to handle the subject. Cycles in which I acknowledge my need for help and try to reach out to people. But, these are what they are, CYCLES. They take me around but never forward.

While I may give the example of how for furthest propulsion one needs a maximum level of impulse built up; if inertia isn’t overcome, nothing changes. If INERTIA isn’t overcome by IMPULSE, one doesn’t acquire MOMENTUM to build on or let die. Pardon my use of physics lingo, I am an engineer.

Just like my writing, I’ve stayed action on many things, because I want them to be perfect. I over-emphasise the importance of getting things right from the get-go, and I suck at accepting failure. I find myself doing so with this post too.

It gets to a point where you have to recognise that there’s only so much you have within your control. Life isn’t one of them. You gotta be nimble and fluid so you can figure it out as you go.

Just so you know, there would be mistakes. I’ve tried to learn all about mistakes by other’s experiences – my dad’s, my ma’s, my siblings’s, my friends. In that time I’ve given up living the life I know I want to. The thing with such scenarios is that your life becomes dependent on tried and tested outcomes of others’ lives. You also limit your possible reality to theirs. Don’t be cowered into inaction by the fear of making mistakes.

I repeat, Don’t be cowered into inaction by the fear of making mistakes. Get moving today, while you’ve still got some impulse in you, don’t let it wane.