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Have you ever heard someone say, “I’ve always wanted to be a screenwriter/a paintball player/a pilot/whatever.” I always think, “You’ve always wanted to? But you haven’t given it a shot?” (But I’m too polite to say it.)
I understand it’s not always as simple as “just starting.” There can be realistic things that can keep us from pursuing the things we want, but more often than not, people limit themselves because they’re afraid—afraid they’ll look stupid, their friends will mock them, they’ll never really succeed anyway, or it’s just too late. And it really might be too late, and your friends might mock you, and you might not succeed. But if you don’t try, you’ll never know. And it’s much better to think, “Stand-up comedy is not for me,” than, “I’ve always wanted to be a stand-up comic.”
