Finding yourself stuck is a normal but temporary feeling of indecision. It’s a period when you are unsure of what path to take, or whether you are on the right one.

You wonder whether your current course, even if you make it work, is going to make a difference.

Finding yourself stuck is expected and not a problem. It’s because you have a mind.

Staying stuck, on the other hand, comes from indulging indecision in isolation.

If you’ve been stuck on some issue for a long time, I bet you’ve been trying to solve it yourself. You might have people around you, but you’re not sincerely seeking guidance from anyone.

And you don’t seek help because you’re indulging the indecision.

Most likely because it bolsters some negative belief about yourself, e.g. you’re not good enough, smart enough, you’re unworthy etc.

There is no way to know for sure whether your direction or objective will lead to gold or mud.

Either you have the conviction of inspiration or you don’t.

But you can’t sit around for a burning bush to tell you to free yourself.

Every so often, you just need to act. You can approach it from the power of your word, your integrity to do what you declare, or you act on the advice Tom Cruise’s character got in Risky Business, “Sometimes you just have to say WTF.”

WTF gives you the freedom to act without fear, it’s your declaration of “So What” to the universe.

What’s the worst that can happen?

I guarantee it’s no worse than staying stuck.

In his 2005 Stanford commencement address, Steve Jobs said you can’t connect the dots going forward, only when looking back.

This should help you get unstuck.

More often than not, you won’t know how something you’re about to do will fit into your life’s bigger picture, but some years later you will find that it gave you something invaluable, even if it ended in flames.

If you’ve been stuck for a long time, just do something, anything to let the universe feel you move. Chances are something juicy will shake loose.