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You Probably Don’t Need More Advice

Finding your way forward using the wisdom within you

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Cory Allen
May 01, 2025
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There’s a moment—quiet but undeniable—when you realize: it’s not that you don’t know what to do. It’s that you haven’t done it yet.

We live in a time when answers are everywhere. Open your phone and you’ll find hundreds of tips, quotes, how-tos, and morning routines from strangers and experts alike. There’s certainly nothing wrong with learning. But at some point, more advice just becomes a clever way to delay action.

It’s a form of avoidance disguised as productivity.

We say we need more clarity, but really, we’re just stalling.

Deep down, we already know.

We know what we need to stop doing.
We know what we need to say no to.
We know what’s been calling to us, quietly and patiently.

And still, we scroll. We look for advice. We make another list. We overwhelm ourselves with possibilities instead of executing actionable solutions.

Maybe what we really need is not another perspective.

Maybe we need to listen to ourselves for once.

There’s wisdom in your gut. There’s clarity in your stillness. And when you slow down long enough to actually hear yourself, you’ll find that the answers you’ve been chasing have been inside you the entire time.

This isn’t about forcing action or rushing into something reckless. It’s about being honest with yourself.

You already know which habits are keeping you stuck.
You already know which relationships are draining you.
You already know what step you’ve been avoiding.

And that’s okay. Awareness is where change begins.

But at some point, the loop has to break.

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