You know those what ifs that keep you up at night?

Those moments where you see something extraordinary and think, I wonder if I could do that?

Dear reader, if you’re in doubt about something that’s not in your life, try it. Often, the worst possible outcome is it doesn’t work out, in which you’d go back to your current life having learnt something new.

It’s the things I’ve tried in the last few years – things that most of my colleagues don’t do – that have made my life memorable. Some of these include:

• Starting a business
• Starting a YouTube channel
• Starting this blog
• Learning to code
• Asking out my partner
• Building a PC

I must confess, a lot of these have failed. But that’s okay – now I know first-hand, instead of always wondering. The ones that have sticked, however, have utterly transformed my life.

And if you’re interested, here are some secret callings that still remain to be tried:

• Finish a triathalon (eventual iron man)
• Give a TED talk
• Write a book
• Move across the world

As Abraham Maslow wrote, Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth).

Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.