Your entire nervous system relaxes when your finances are in order. Most anxiety is not a mental health problem. It is a cash flow problem. Fix the money first.
Pessimism is a natural response to life. We live only a certain number of years. Death is imminent. History tells us a cautionary tale. In such a world, optimism is a form of rebellion. It is to go against the grain and choose to believe in something else and something better. The optimists are crazy. They are also the saving grace.
Starting hurts because starting exposes the gap between your taste and your skill. The gap between what you imagine and what you can currently make. The gap between who you want to be and who your habits have trained you to be.
This gap is humiliating, this is why so many people stay in theory.
Theory is safe. Research is safe. Planning is safe. Buying notebooks is safe. Watching tutorials is safe. Having opinions about people who are doing the thing is safe.
Close the gap.
Your attention is your life. Where your attention goes, your life follows. You think you’re “just scrolling” but you’re actually building the architecture of your consciousness. You’re programming yourself and pretending you’re not.