Kids… Love them or drown them, they can teach us so many lessons. Smartarses.
When you were a kid, you didn’t try things out of fear and doubt. If given a new lightsabre - you’d come alive excitement.

It all comes down to appreciating the excitement of the experience and seeing what you can learn from it, for the pure bloody hell of it., like the duracell bunny with an energy drink and a carrot cake recipe.

Motivation articles blabber on about all sorts of bull, involving fancy latin words, french origins and terms like ‘Theologus Autodidactus’.
And this article will boil it all down for you and save you from the mind raping and credit card pages.

It all comes down to doing things for the satisfaction of the adventure and what you *learn* from it.
Not because you *must*. Not because of *fear*. Not because of the shiny thing at the end.
But because you love the excitement and experience of *learning* something cool about yourself or the world around you.
Think of it as something crazy you can tell your friends.

And if you’re anything like me, your dear mamma was wrong. Very wrong.
Your mamma, bless her, taught you to be a pitiful and cynical coward.
And being a good kid, like me, you probably became one. Eventually anyway.

“Don’t touch that! Don’t go there! I’ll beat you into next week!”
It took a long time before my mum loosened up and trusted me.
That was truly big of her. Lots of parents never wise up. Thanks mom. *wave*

And why? Because they know that some kids have a habit of firing paintballs down their pieholes. And they’re absolutely petrified that you’re one of those morons.

We’re taught to amass wealth and fame, and make our mamma’s heart fill with pride.
So we work like slaves to earn our first car, our first house, our (first?) family, because we *must*. We’re told to.
And when we get there, we feel we like have so much to lose. So much effort that could all be for nothing.

And that’s how some inner demons creep in, like red pitchfork wielding psychopaths.

We learn to comfort ourselves to bed each night after a hard working day, and not face the things we really want.We learn to mindfork ourselves into thinking that we’re just protecting ourselves, thinking of our security.News flash: security is an illusion. Bosses can fire you, lovers can leave you, your possessions can be stolen. You need to grow the balls to deal with living life to the full, ignoring the fear and over-emphasis on security that we’re brainwashed into today. Most people live in neutral, stagnating. They take life as it comes, and take little to no action to paddle their way to the section of the beach with all hotties. In a manner of speaking of course.

And then they mull over how they just can’t do all the cool stuff. And claim to be doing it ‘one day’.
That’s bull. It’s all an excuse. You’re not too old. You’re not too poor. You’re not too stupid.

Either you’re working towards something you find exciting, or you aren’t. There’s no grey areas here.
You’re either taking steps RIGHT NOW, or you aren’t.
Accept your fears. And do it anyway. Every day can be exciting (and scary), with another step in the right direction.

Your fears and doubts should NEVER prevent you from living the way you were meant to - free and excited about life.
Priorities people. Priorities. Get with it.

Ask yourself:
Does publicly speaking to 1000 people make me freeze up like a wide-eyed deer in headlights?
Does undressing in the gym cloakroom make me feel like a gnome in winter?
Have I really considered bungee jumping just for the pure hell of it?
Do I have unreasonable phobias or nightmares? Snakes? Spiders? Leprechauns? Why?

Summary & Tricks:
Fear. Doubt and way too much caution. It’s BAD ™ for you.
If your life isn’t interesting and inspiring, you’re doing something wrong.
Stop making excuses,recognise your doubts and fears, dismiss them, and learn about and do things you want simply because it sounds fun and exciting. And because you’ll find out something new out yourself or the world.

What to do:

• Do one little thing every day that scares the living hell out of you. Deal with your fears. This builds up your capacity for adventure, because a fun and happy life is not always the comfortable one. Each thing you do builds you up for the next one.
• Do one thing a day that is a step towards those seemingly impossible goals. The speed is far less important than the fact that you’re moving.
• Every day, raise your awareness of things around you - Stop living in neutral and take notice of people around you.
• Speak to a total stranger each day. It breaks the social fears. And after all, a good way to find the babe or hunk of your dreams is to walk up to them and say ‘howzit?’