Happy Friday!

I learned something NEW today and thought I’d share. I was listening to Kim Klassen‘s podcast today and she mentioned her Cosmos cluster. I had never heard of the Cosmos site. I understand it’s similar to Pinterest where you can put images on boards called Clusters. I went there because she said she posted the quote below there (which I thought was excellent!). The quote was too long to add to my fall aspen tree photo, so I found another quote on her page that was fitting and which all photographers should strive to do: “Take notice of what light does – to everything”.

Anyway, below is the quote I was originally trying to find on Kim’s cluster. I love it. It’s so true!

“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.” (Source)

What do you think? I know there’s usually some necessary prep work for “the thing”, but overall, I think this quote is spot-on. I hope you have a fantastic day and that you get to learn or do something NEW today!