Imagination

Intro ??

I know it's easy to imagine,

But it's easier to just do,

See, if you can't do what you imagine,

Then what is imagination to you?

-Kid Cudi

Chad Aboud shared these song lyrics in a comment on a recent post of mine. I've heard these lyrics hundreds (if not thousands of times). But reading them brought about a newfound appreciation for Kid Cudi's wizardry of words.

I am a daydreamer by nature. As a kid, I could spend hours in my imagination (just ask my mom Diane Patino and dad Jeffrey Patino ). My imagination was my escape, playground, and safe haven. I preferred it there. I'd surround myself with half-emptied bins of Legos and action figures in the basement and lose myself for hours in play.

As a natural introvert (although a social one), I can retreat into my imagination where the risks and consequences are not real. But get too caught in that realm and it can be difficult to take action in the actual world where risk and consequences are real (but so are rewards and satisfaction and fulfillment and joy).

I don't always find it easier to just do. But dreaming without action keeps your dreams in a passive state.

I've really been working on doing what I imagine. Instead of two distinct spaces, I've allowed my imagination to drive action.

Book Worth Reading ??

Steven Pressfield's The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles is a quick read that I devoured over the course of several days (shoutout to Heidi Brown for the recommendation). Pressfield provides succinct laser-focused insights on how to move past resistance to create.

Tidbit/Tip ??

Choose 1 dream that you've put on the backburner and start working on it today.

Podcast ??

I have fallen a bit behind on the newsletter because life. So there have been 3 more episodes released with guests Karl Seelbach , Joel Carney , and Colin Levy .

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