The world is full of experts in overthinking, but the art is in not overthinking things.

I know what it's like to overthink things. I'm not sure anyone is immune to it. 

"Will they like me after this?" 
"Is that tone too harsh? No, not harsh enough?" 
"Was I nice even if I wasn't clear?"
"Do I have anything new to say?"
"Would anyone even miss this email if I didn't send it?"
"Maybe I should just start over ... never mind, I mean just not do it."

I've had those thoughts just this week. You have too. 

So what?!

Write it. Create it. Say it. Video it. Post it. Send it. Publish it. Upload it. Get it out!

I'm not saying you have a license to be intentionally rude. But you know your motivation so lean on that. 

You know me and many follow on social media. I say things that step on toes. But only 1 out of 100 times am I'm thinking of someone specific. (Yes, there are those times I am...I admitted 1 of 100. Ha!) But generally I post what I see, what I know, what I believe, and if it steps on toes, those toes were in the way but I didn't aim at them.

I was asked just this week by a long time friend "Swebb, to what level do you consider or respond to haters? And what goes through your mind as you publish stuff that may offend someone?"

I learned (and was coached) to lean on my belief and pure motivations regardless of how the peanut gallery receives things.

And only you know if your motivations are pure or right or in line with your values. Others will pretend they know and be all too eager to speak about them.

But you know.  So put your value out into the world. There is an audience for it. And God will work on your motivations and expressions as you produce, not before. 

So I sit here in Starbucks with nothing to write. Nothing deep. i don't want to sell another course or remind you of an ebook. I fight the urge to read a friend's email and get ideas (aka copy) about what to send you.

But there's one out there.
One person will hear it. One will receive it. One will respond. One will be spurred to action. One will feel relief. One will feel seen. One will be motivated by my lack of motivation. Isn't that funny?
And rarely will I hear about it, that's how it works.

But faith. And persistence. Like the gym, the diet, and parenting ... just go produce ... again. 

P.S. What cuss word did you put in that subject line? I'm not a cusser so it got someone's attention. Funny that I get IG-bleeped when I say "crap." Of all the actual crap in the world you can post these days, I get bleeped for crap.