I think this is a really important question, and something I think a lot about. This is a pretty consistent theme of my blog. Some posts I’ve written that might help (If you’ll forgive the blatant self-promotion):
My favourite: Become a person who actually does things—make ‘being an agent’ part of your identity, and something to aim for for its own sake. Do something because it feels agenty, not necessarily because it’s obviously the best thing to do. It’s much easier to get good at being agenty about the right things once you’ve built the habit in the first place
Have a regular time in your life to reflect on things, and give yourself prompts to notice what you could be being more agenty about. Make sure that noticing and correcting this kind of thing is a default part of your life, rather than something that needs effort and inspiration. Make agency the path of least resistance
If you feel bottlenecked by creativity or ideas, set a 5 minute timer and use the time pressure and urgency to spur yourself into doing things
I think this is a really important question, and something I think a lot about. This is a pretty consistent theme of my blog. Some posts I’ve written that might help (If you’ll forgive the blatant self-promotion):
My favourite: Become a person who actually does things—make ‘being an agent’ part of your identity, and something to aim for for its own sake. Do something because it feels agenty, not necessarily because it’s obviously the best thing to do. It’s much easier to get good at being agenty about the right things once you’ve built the habit in the first place
Notice when you’re procrastinating on something, and develop a toolkit for things to do in the moment to ensure you take action
A lot of my failure to be agenty comes from being risk-averse and fearing downsides. Learn to look past the safety of the “default” action of doing nothing, and to get excited about small chances of massive upsides
Have a regular time in your life to reflect on things, and give yourself prompts to notice what you could be being more agenty about. Make sure that noticing and correcting this kind of thing is a default part of your life, rather than something that needs effort and inspiration. Make agency the path of least resistance
If you feel bottlenecked by creativity or ideas, set a 5 minute timer and use the time pressure and urgency to spur yourself into doing things
Haven’t thought of these, thanks for the ideas!