Lots of people I know, including me, take way fewer actions than is optimal because we are trying to avoid making mistakes instead of trying to get what we want. (In some cases that’s just a cover story and we’re actually trying to avoid revealing our location or preferences, so that we’re not a target.) But in lots of contexts if you just do things, instead of trying to supervise your intentions so you only do things you’ve preapproved, you can get lots more done that you want to do.
If you’re worried that this is risky, you can think about what’s likely to go wrong and how important that is in the specific context where you’re considering to just do stuff, and plan ahead to mitigate the risks worth mitigating.
This generalizes to actions.
Lots of people I know, including me, take way fewer actions than is optimal because we are trying to avoid making mistakes instead of trying to get what we want. (In some cases that’s just a cover story and we’re actually trying to avoid revealing our location or preferences, so that we’re not a target.) But in lots of contexts if you just do things, instead of trying to supervise your intentions so you only do things you’ve preapproved, you can get lots more done that you want to do.
If you’re worried that this is risky, you can think about what’s likely to go wrong and how important that is in the specific context where you’re considering to just do stuff, and plan ahead to mitigate the risks worth mitigating.