The biggest hallucination of adult life is the idea that you need permission. We spend the first twenty years of our lives being told when to wake up, what to learn, and how to prove we've learned it. Then we're released into the world, still searching for a syllabus that no longer exists.

The most interesting people I know share a common secret: they realized they could just... do things. You don't need a certificate to be a designer. You don't need an invitation to build a startup. You don't need a degree to be a writer.

The internet has flattened every wall. You can pick up a tool today, start building, and show it to the world by tomorrow. The real barrier isn't usually a lack of skill or resources—it's the internal negotiation where we spend weeks convincing ourselves we're not "ready" or "qualified."

The truth is, nobody is ever ready. The people you admire aren't waiting for permission; they're just too busy doing the thing to care if they have it. Stop waiting for the syllabus. Just start.