It sounds almost too simple. But in a world where overthinking is a default setting, it’s actually profound.
Most of us live in our heads, waiting for the perfect plan, the perfect timing, the perfect version of ourselves.
Carl Jung would call that ego overdrive. The part of us that needs control, needs certainty, stalls action.
But Altman’s line cuts through the noise. Just do the thing. Start before you’re ready.
In Jungian terms, that’s how the unconscious starts speaking—through doing.
Every time you act, especially when unsure, you wake up hidden parts of yourself: fears, strengths, shadow stuff you didn’t know was there.
“You can just do things” is not about doing work. It’s about waking up. Moving breaks the trance. You meet parts of yourself through the act, not before it.
Altman’s phrase is less a productivity hack and more a spiritual nudge. You don’t become whole by thinking about it. You do it by living.
“You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” – Carl Jung
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