Every time we say yes to something, we say no to something else—we just rarely think about what. - Mark Manson

During the first couple years I worked for myself, entire weeks would go by without my accomplishing much, for no other reason than that I was anxious and stressed about what I had to do, and it was too easy to put everything off. I quickly learned, though, that forcing myself to do something, even the most menial of tasks, quickly made the larger tasks seem much easier. If I had to redesign an entire website, I’d force myself to sit down and would say, “Okay, I’ll just design the header right now.” But after the header was done, I’d find myself moving on to other parts of the site. And before I knew it, I’d be energized and engaged in the project.

The vast majority of your life will be boring and not noteworthy, and that’s okay.

And if we reject nothing (perhaps in fear of being rejected by something ourselves), we essentially have no identity at all.