If you think upon something, settle on the idea, and proceed to not see it 
through you create a habit of not executing your own ideas. This will limit the development you can achieve in the future. The hardest part in trying to do something is starting; once you allow yourself to try, then things will run their course!
This is of course subjective, I am well aware of the difficulty involved in trying, because I have also found myself in positions where I have failed to live by my own word and desires; all it accomplished was lackluster regret. So what I proceeded to do, after experiencing the lackluster regret of not living by my principles and desire, was allow myself no time to enter my comfort zone: the cause of my lack of action. It is comfortable to feel safe, and often more than not, people believe that freedom from failure is safe. Because of this many people tend to avoid the uncomfortable situation of possible failure. This ideology is a mental constraint that will disable your growth in whichever field you are limiting yourself. I’ll use a quote from a previous post of mine titled Atychiphobia to explain this constraint: “ the scariest moment is always just before you start” (Stephen King).
When put into an uncomfortable situation, I accept the situation and try to learn from it. Similarly, when I want to achieve and accomplish something I ignore my own self-consciousness, which is extremely difficult to do, and push forward. I will provide an example through skateboarding, as I have been requested to try and attempt to bring in skateboarding into one of my post—I am actually thrilled to do this, skateboarding has been a huge part of my life and development. That being said, it was not easy to learn skateboarding, nor was it easy to enter the world that came with skateboarding; it was actually uncomfortable.
Trying to skateboard was easy, trying to skateboard in a park and in front of people seemed like the most difficult task in the world at the time. In high school, I took up skateboarding with several friends of mine. I had been practicing for several weeks, studying videos on the internet to try and get better; this improvement revolved around improving my comfortability with my board and the fundamental tricks to proceed learning the tricks in skateboarding—the ollie is an excellent example of a fundamental skateboarding trick. I practiced every day, and one day I traveled to a skate park in Manhattan known as L.E.S (The Lower East Side Park). I was determined to accomplish some of the tricks I had observed in my study through the internet, but I was also intimidated and scared of judgement. I nearly allowed myself to go home after traveling a borough through New York City’s convenient, yet harsh, metro transportation system.
Fortunately, in my determination to at least try a trick or two, I spoke to some of the people there; they were quite friendly. The other individuals at the park were kind and convinced me that they was no judgement, especially in someone who had just started learning. They in fact appreciated seeing me try, given that I would be respectful to those around me of course ha ha.
After this encounter at L.E.S, whenever I found myself close to an uncomfortable situation that was linked to my desire and goal, I pushed through without giving my brain anytime to convince me otherwise; you have about three second before your brain thinks twice about something, so in those seconds, you must dive in. The hardest part in completing a task is trying, so I push anyone who finds themselves in this or a similar situation to try and observe how far it can take them.
Bibliography
Parrott, Les. 3 Seconds: the Power of Thinking Twice. Zondervan, 2008.
Williams, Kate, et al. Reflective Writing. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.