Take one of the actions you identified in the previous exercise and do it. Go online, share something you value, and then walk away. Your brain may want to start doing lots of compulsions, tons of comparing, etc. Keep the focus on giving what you came to give.
No checking to see what happens, no chasing certainty or trying to control other people. Don’t ruminate on it for hours. No revising it multiple times and going back to correct things. Sharing what you want to share online is a process. It’s not about one post. People will interact with hundreds and thousands of posts. You’re creating something that’s more like a radio channel. That’s why we keep the focus on values. People will understand what matters to you and return to interact with that.
EXERCISE: Practice giving online
Now you can explore giving what you want to give. You could share a blog post, an image, express some support on a friend’s channel, start a channel for your business, etc. Go!
What you’re creating here is a space that’s going to give you somewhere to go instead of choosing the old compulsions. In other words: make this easy.
For example, if you want to get into sharing videos, but you have to make videos “right” in some particular way and you pick a format that’s going to take a lot of time at your computer alone editing and creating graphics, is that going to be sustainable for you? Or will the amount of work just be an excuse to stay up late and then “reward” yourself with some old habits?
So an easier approach might be to do live videos, or use the YouTube app to record and post directly. It may change the type of video you want to make, but it will also increase the chances of you actually making them and making them consistently, which will help you grow your community.
YOU’RE GOING TO DO THIS FOR THREE DAYS and then assess where things are at. So set things up for something you can do the next three days. It might be three different activities, all connected to that mission and values you’ve identified.