Don’t listen to that voice. Guilt is rarely right. Don’t pay attention to it. Keep going like there’s no tomorrow.

There’s some form of guilt that may develop when you keep going in the same certain direction for a long period of time during any given day. That is, just for noticing that you have been doing the same thing, same type of activity, or working on the same type of project, goal, or thing, for a long time today, or for prolonged periods of time these days, or these few weeks or months, no matter what this thing is. That seems to happen as some sort of protection against wasting your time too much, by making sure you don’t end up wasting your time. If you mindlessly keep doing the same thing over and over again, or all day long every day, and you don’t know what you’re doing, where that would lead you in a few years or eventually, or you don’t care where you’ll end up in life in the future if you kept doing this thing all day long for a few years, not questioning what you’re doing in this case, or not stopping you every now and then or every once in a while to ask you whether or not you should stop now, only means you don’t care about your future. It might indicate that you are reckless, irresponsible, not having a clear plan for your future, or self-sabotaging, without wanting to stop yourself or talk about it. It might mean that you are not trustworthy with your own time, because you don’t want to even question whether or not you’re wasting your time. It might mean that you are wasting your life, and you don’t want to even realize that or notice that this is what’s happening. That happens to you, the continuous self-doubt or questioning whether or not you should keep going or doing what you’re currently doing at the moment, even if you know you should keep going. Even if you’re making progress. Even if this is the only or best way to go. Even if you’re doing the right thing. Even if you’re doing the right thing, at the right time, for the right duration or amount of time. Even if you really shouldn’t stop now. Even if you know that this is good for you long-term. Even if stopping now, even just to evaluate, or catch your breath, will be a huge mistake.

This happens anyway because you don’t want to wake up someday to find yourself having wasted your whole life or a few years of it, doing the wrong thing, or ending up nowhere. And you think the only way to stop you from ending up like this is to question what you do frequently enough, to make sure you’re on the right track. Sometimes questioning yourself too frequently or doubting whether or not you should keep going or being engaged in doing whatever you’re doing right now becomes so annoying the only way you can make that voice stop or go away is to stop or quit what you’re doing right now prematurely, even though you know that if you carried on just a little bit longer, the floodgates of meaning, reward, and motivation, will start to open.

To counter that fear, of wasting your life, that is, to avoid waking up someday realizing that your whole life you’ve been going in the wrong direction, you question yourself, every step of the way.

In order to avoid wasting your life, your mind tries to tell you that you need to stop right now, and terminate whatever that which you’re doing, and procrastinate. You decide to do it later on. You stop before finishing or completing what you’re doing, even though you’re not tired, even though you know you should keep going, even though you know you’re doing the right thing by continuing to do more of that same thing today. You stop, even if this is the only way out. You stop, even if you have no choice. You stop, even if that means you’ll remain where you’re stuck now next year, and the year after, and the year after. You stop, even if stopping now is the worst idea or suggestion ever. You stop, even if stopping now is the worst decision ever. You stop, even if stopping now is wrong. You stop, even if stopping now is indefensible, and whatever reason you try to come up with to defend such decision will not be enough to explain your behavior.

You stop, even if you don’t want to, just to appease the voice that says you shouldn’t be doing the same thing that much, that long, or that frequently. To make the voice that says you just can’t be doing the same thing every day for years, no matter what, you just can’t, stop.

Even if you’re really making progress, and you’re happy about it. Somehow you think varying things in and of itself will fix everything and solve all your problems, even after tracking your progress for a long time reveals otherwise.

It’s not how many things you do on the daily that counts. It’s how much progress you’re making in all intended areas of your life long-term. It’s about how much of a difference you’re making in whatever you’re trying to grow in. How much you’re advancing and getting ahead. How much you’re improving. How much or how fast you’re getting closer to your goals, dreams, desires, and aspirations. How close you currently are from reaching the only kind of life that can make you fulfilled. Not how much you look like you’re getting there, but in reality, aren’t.