I was watching Ray Bradbury Theater last night, and I saw a really great episode about an old storyteller in a futuristic setting. I think I’ve seen it before, but I guess I wasn’t paying attention the first time, because what the old man said really made a lot of sense last night, so I thought I’d share it here.

The gist of it was this: Be mediocre.

I know, doesn’t sound super inspiring. But I think a lot of our problems stem from not feeling like we’re good enough and wanting to be super perfect at everything. And we’re just not, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do things.

When I was little, I refused to do anything I couldn’t do really well the very first time I tried it. I think there are a lot of things I would’ve tried if I hadn’t been too scared that I would fail. So now that I’m older, I’ve missed out, and that sucks. But I’m going to change that, or at least attempt a change.

So that’s kind of what I’m trying to impart here. Try. Fail. Be mediocre. Just do things.

I think that’s pretty cool. Go, Ray Bradbury Theater, go.