Preparing time to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.

（preparing time to do the thing为了做这件事而预备出时间isn’t doing the thing 并不是在做这件事）

Scheduling time to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.

（scheduling time 安排时间）

Making a to do list to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.

（making a to do list 列一个待办清单）

Telling people you are going to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.

（telling people you are going to do the thing 告诉大家你要做了）

Writing a social media post about how you are going to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.

（writing a social media post 在社交媒体上发个帖子）

Hating on yourself for not doing the thing isn’t doing the thing.

（hating on yourself 怨恨自己）

Hating on other people who have done the thing isn’t doing the thing.

（hating on other people 怨恨他人）

Hating on obstacles in the way of doing the thing isn’t doing the thing.

（obstacles 那些障碍 obstacles in the way 挡路的障碍）

Fantasizing about all the adoration you will received once you have done the thing isn’t doing the thing.

（fantasizing幻想，白日做梦，the adoration you will received once you have done the thing，一旦做成这件事，你会得到的那些爱慕与崇拜）

Reading about how you are going to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.

（reading about how you are going to do the thing 阅览那些关于你怎么做这件事的信息）

Reading about other people who have done the thing isn’t doing the thing.

（reading about other people who have done the thing 阅读别人已经完成这件事的信息）

Reading the essay isn’t doing the thing .

（reading the essay 读这篇小短文）

The only thing doing the thing is doing the thing.

（唯一能做的事情就是去做这个事情。）