Days by Stevie Mackenzie-Smith

Days by Stevie Mackenzie-Smith

How to do that thing you yearn to do: II

Part 2 of getting over the voice that says "ew, gross, people?” & other theories

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Stevie Mackenzie-Smith
Jul 15, 2025
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What qualifies me to write about this? Well, I am an incredibly prolific entrepreneur and motivational speaker. Buy my best-selling paperback Do That Thing You Yearn To Do, which I wrote in six days using Chat GPT. Ha ha, just kidding!

When a friend is telling me that they wish they could leave their job and do that other thing, I try to bite my tongue and listen, instead of trotting off this list. Because this is stuff my friend already knows! They just want someone to listen to them for gods sake.

How do you turn a deeply-held desire into something real and actionable?

What does it take to go from ‘one day I’d like to…’ to actually beginning?

This is a list of ‘strategies’ for starting. Like so many things we know deep down but also forget, I return to it often.

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