It’s always easier to talk about the grandiose plans we have for our lives. It’s always easier to know, than to practice. I wrote about this idea in knowledge isn’t practice which, to this date, I still haven’t finished yet.
But it’s a concept that I’ve been playing around with since I’ve encountered the idea of self-development. Here’s a clearer example:
The act of loving is different from knowing the concept of love.
This is precisely why psychopathy exists — there are people who can understand an emotion, but not empathize with and feel it.
I can understand happiness, know its history and etymology, the rationale behind its conception as a word, perfectly recite, line by line, its first appearance in the paragaph of a book, yet still struggle to feel it.
This I know to be true because I’ve always carried with me a lot of knowledge on different aspects, yet I struggle to do, if that makes sense. Studying the art is different from doing the art.
Here’s another example:
Saying I will be a millionaire in 5 years is easy. Doing it is hard.