Let. Go.

I have a simple exercise for you. Take three small sheets of paper and a pen. On the first piece of paper, write down all your limits, faults, mistakes, and other things like that. Then crumple it up and throw it away.

On the second piece of paper, write down all your dreams and ambitions. Everything you want to achieve in this life. Then crumple it up and throw it away.

On the third piece of paper, write down your routines, daily schedule, and plans for the next year. Then crumple it up and throw it away.

Now that you have just shed yourself of everything that you thought was you, what does that leave you with? Simple. Limitless unexpected opportunity. You see, there is a whole world of chance that we are completely blind to because we are held up by those three sheets of paper. We blame society for the so-called box — but the true reality is that we are the ones who not only put ourselves in it, but create it in the first place. The saying “we are our own worst enemies” is all-encompasing. It is the fear of the unknown and an inherent need to stay in a place of known comfort that keeps us locked down. 

I’ll give you a perfect example: Kenya, which is one of the poorest countries in the world, has produced the world’s best marathon runners. Jamaica, which is a country that rarely, at best has seen snow, has a bobsled team. Man first stepped foot on the moon a mere 66 years after the Wright brothers had their first flight. Something they accomplished with a slide rule and far less technology than the computer I am typing this post on. 

There’s a saying: “Proceed as if success is inevitable.” The only way you can ever accomplish this is if you let go of everything that you think you know and take that first step. So, stop clipping your own wings and take flight to the limitless skies.