You are not doing the thing

Preparing to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Thinking about doing the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Scheduling time to do the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Hating on yourself for not doing the thing isn’t doing the thing.
Reading about how to do the thing isn’t doing the thing. Reading this isn’t doing the thing.

The only thing that is doing the thing is doing the thing.