The greatest illusion

"Procrastination in taking action is the greatest optical illusion. It looks like a wall 10m tall, whereas in reality, it is 1cm in height."

This was my morning tweet. What sparked this idea was my delaying going to this other cafe, Starbucks, instead of the one that I always go to, the one right next to my house. I had been telling myself that I would go to this one instead for a few days now, but in the end created some excuse to go to the one nearby.

When I finally take action, while doing so and in hindsight, it is such a menial and simple task that it leaves me flabbergasted at how relatively big and daunting the task looked before.

So take action, and the faster I take them the better.

This transitions neatly onto my next topic, which is the badass chick I talked to yesterday.

I think that the only reason why I had the opportunity to talk to this girl was because I approached her the moment I saw her.

I met this girl at the Thursday party, and I struck up a conversation, "Have you heard that you look like Dua Lipa?" She lowkey did.

I had to try to hold my shit together because I thought she was really hot. But yeah she was a little badass, from telling her stories and passions, I found her quite interesting. 

I was a little too uptight and laughing nervously at her jokes, putting her on a pedestal so it went nowhere, despite it being her last day in Korea (which usually ends up in hookups). Perhaps I blew my chance by asking her to come to my place instead of going to her place. She did mention that she lived 10 minutes away and didn't bring her umbrella, which in hindsight might have been an invitation. Either way, I have learned a lot this night.

The greatest lesson was to approach as soon as the opportunity presents itself, 90% of the time. Also be more polarizing, and offensive, and don't play safe.

I'm glad that I took the initiative to go out that night because I was close to just calling it a night and not going out. Now that I had this experience of talking to her, I feel so much more optimistic about meeting a girl that could be a perfect match for me. It makes life more vibrant and gives me more motivation to work hard.

I think more and more about leaving my DNA footprint on Earth these days, although immortality may very well be a reality for me. When I think about it, my DNA has been passed down for thousands and thousands of years, so it would be quite lame on my part to stop passing it down.

Anyway, today and tomorrow look brighter now. Life just keeps getting better and better.