Q: hey bill, I've been wanting to use your strategy of try out for a lot of opportunities you don't particularly want to get, so that way when one comes around you do want you'll be prepared. but I get so psyched out when I try to apply for things, like, what if I get this and I have to commit, or what if I half-ass the application and don't get it and feel rejected and get sad? it's stuff that runs into my mind so eventually I put the application away and miss the opportunity entirely. how do I stop getting psyched out about it?
A: the only time you have worries like this is before doing the thing. these are the kinds of worries that no one has while they are actually doing the thing