Inaction Is A Slow Death

It’s hard to take action.

It’s painful. Washing the dishes isn’t fun. Meditation can be tedious. Waking up early is hard. The discomfort we feel in the face of action often paralyzes us from doing anything at all—so we sleep in.

We get lost in the rabbit hole of YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, letting clickbait decide for us what our next move will be while our lives slip into disarray.

We resign to inaction as the solution to avoid the pain of action, subconsciously aware of the fact that our stagnation breeds destruction. By avoiding the pain of action, we allow something worse to fester: the horror of watching opportunities pass us by. Our relationships grow distant, our bills stack up, our families grow old.

Pain is all around us. It’s as much a part of life as death itself. No matter how impoverished or affluent your upbringing, pain is inescapable. It will follow you wherever you go. This sobering reality leads many into nihilism and despair. But not everyone knows that there’s another way to look at things.

Pain can be bargained with. It takes from us, but it can also give back. It just depends on which pain we choose to embrace.

There are two types of pain: the pain of action and the pain of inaction.

The pain of action is blunt, in your face, and forces you to grow. For every hour we suffer through sharpening our skills, being proactive, and restoring order, we don’t reduce the amount of pain we face—but we take it on the chin. We sign up for it up front.

And because of this voluntary acceptance, day after day we gain the strength to shoulder it. By embracing pain instead of running from it, we are simultaneously transformed by it. We become someone we are proud of, someone that others can depend upon. This in turn gives meaning to the pain. Growth and progress help us feel useful—to ourselves and to others—giving suffering a purpose.

The pain of inaction, however, is the pain that eats away at you, a poison. It’s slow-burning, draining your will and decaying your soul. By descending into apathy, things disintegrate—entropy. By letting ourselves go, we lose self-respect—negligence. By vegging out on the couch for days on end, things fall into disorder.

Inaction is the holiday of fools who trade temporary discomfort for long-term existential suffering.

So which pain will we choose?

Action is a life-giving breath; inaction is a slow death.

– Joey Schweitzer

Confront The Task And Just Spend 2 Minutes on it Today.

The hardest truth about avoiding work is that you end up working twice as hard trying to escape it. Your mind becomes a full-time job of worry, guilt, and finding new ways to put things off. You think you’re protecting yourself from failure, but you’re actually creating a different kind of suffering—one where you’re always running from something invisible that grows bigger the longer you avoid it.

The dream of becoming “nothing” feels like peace, but it’s really just trading one set of problems for another. Instead of risking disappointment, you guarantee it. Instead of possibly failing at something meaningful, you succeed at something empty. The cruel part isn’t that you’re lazy—it’s that you’re using all your energy to build walls around a life that gets smaller every day.

You deserve better than spending your days managing the anxiety of undone things, but the only way out is through the very door you’ve been avoiding.

Voices of Wisdom

• “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” – Joseph Campbell
• “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” – Carl Jung
• “The price of greatness is responsibility.” – Winston Churchill

Reality Check Questions

• What skill could you have mastered if you’d spent your avoidance time practicing instead?
• How do you feel about yourself at the end of days when you’ve accomplished nothing meaningful?
• What story will you tell yourself in five years if nothing changes?

Your Move

Right Now:

Write down the one project you’ve been avoiding most. Set a timer for 2 minutes and start immediately—no preparation, no planning, just begin.

This Week:

Dedicate your first waking hour to skill development. As soon as you get up, spend one focused hour building a skill that advances your future goals. During this time, eliminate all distractions—put your phone away and commit fully to deliberate practice.

You have two choices: use this hour productively to work on something meaningful, or you can do nothing, you’ll get bored and the only choice will be to do the work. Make the choice that moves you forward.

If you’re in a rut or need help getting your life back on track reach out to us today we’ll try our best to be helpful and understanding.

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