You Can Do Whatever you Want
There is so much power in saying, “I can do whatever I want.”
Often, everything we’ve committed to stacks up to tell us that we’re stuck. That we can’t change course. We’ve come too far, we’ve spent too much, we’re in too deep.
It’s not true. You can do whatever you want.
Sometimes, the demands of my producing career feel like too much. I swim in the stress pre-production for another commercial campaign, wondering if I’ll always feel overwhelmed. In moments of stress, I feel like I can’t turn back. That I can’t change course. That I’m stuck.
But then I bust out this little exercise. I can do whatever I want, I tell myself. Most often, when I tell myself this, I realize that I really do want to be doing what I’m doing. I step outside of my experience, and ask myself if it’s worth it. I compare my current struggles to the benefits I’m chasing. And it’s almost always worth it.
When we feel stuck in our struggles, there are no benefits that can outweigh the current pain. But when we see our struggles as things we choose in order to achieve something greater, they become well worth it. And there’s only a small difference between feeling stuck and feeling like we’re investing. It’s free will. It’s agency.
So tell yourself, “I can do whatever I want.” And if it’s time to move on, then do it. But you just might realize that you want to be exactly where you are after all.
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