There have been a few moments lately where I’ve stopped and thought, Okay… somebody is trying to tell me something.

Maybe it’s God. Maybe it’s the Universe. Maybe it’s just life repeatedly tapping me on the shoulder until I finally pay attention.

At first, the messages are subtle. A phrase you hear once. An idea that randomly pops up. A conversation that sticks with you longer than it should.

Then suddenly, the same message starts showing up everywhere.

Lately, mine has been this:

Just try things.

Simple, right? Almost annoyingly simple.

The funny part is that I’ve been dragging my feet on launching a side hustle for quite a while now. I’ve read articles. Bought books. Listened to podcasts. Taken notes. Highlighted quotes. Researched myself into exhaustion.

And somehow… I’m still standing at the starting line.

A few weeks ago, I was listening to a podcast with Mel Robbins interviewing Stanford professors Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, the authors of Designing Your Life. One of the ideas they kept coming back to was this: just try stuff.

Not perfectly. Not strategically. Not once you’ve mapped out every possible outcome.

Just… try things.

What resonated with me was how low-pressure it sounded. It wasn’t “change your entire life by Monday.” It was more like, “Why not see what happens?”

That message stuck with me.

Then a few days later, I listened to another Mel Robbins podcast featuring Barbara Corcoran.

Barbara has done a million different things in her life, and she talked about trying new opportunities with this confidence that felt both inspiring and refreshing. Her attitude was basically: What do you really have to lose?

Two completely different conversations.

Same message.

That’s when I started paying attention.

I think successful people understand something the rest of us sometimes forget: momentum matters more than perfection.

They don’t always wait until they feel fully ready. They don’t wait for the perfect timing, the perfect idea, or the perfect level of confidence before they move.

They just start.

Not recklessly. Not carelessly.

But courageously.

Meanwhile, I’ve been waiting.

Waiting for clarity. Waiting for certainty. Waiting to magically become someone who feels fearless all the time.

Spoiler alert: I don’t think that person exists.

I also follow Pastor Daryl Black (@mrdarylblack) on Instagram, and one of his recent posts hit me right between the eyes. He said people usually aren’t stuck because they lack talent or ideas.

They’re stuck because they don’t trust themselves enough to take the next step.

Write the book.

Launch the website.

Apply for the job.

Start the thing.

That message paired perfectly with the other one I kept hearing.

Try things.

Trust yourself.

Maybe that’s how growth actually happens — not through giant life-altering leaps, but through small acts of trust repeated over and over again.

So that’s where I am right now.

Still figuring things out. Still piecing my journey together. Still occasionally overthinking everything.

But also finally realizing that movement matters.

Even one small step a day counts.

And maybe that’s the real lesson when certain messages keep intersecting with your life: eventually, you have to stop treating them like coincidences and start treating them like directions.

By the way, Barbara Corcoran is 77 years old and still excited about trying new things.

Honestly, that alone feels like a message worth paying attention to.