What’s the one thing you have always wanted to do / thought you should do?
Why aren’t you doing it?
Why isn’t right now the right time to start?
You probably have a perfectly reasonable, totally logical, irrefutable reason.
A really excellent reason.
You’re going through a divorce.
You were just diagnosed with cancer.
You’re broke.
You were just laid off.
You just got a promotion.
You have 16 children.
They all have cerebral palsy.
Your mom just died.
Your mom is sick.
You just had surgery.
Someone was supposed to help you.
You’re in a wheelchair.
You need to lose weight first.
You need more practice.
You’re finishing college.
You’re pregnant.
You’re getting married.
You’re too old.
You’re too young.
AND SO ON.
Those are completely legitimate, rational reasons, and when you give them, or one of a million others, no one is going to argue with you. How could they? I know I wouldn’t.
But I wouldn’t argue with you because you’re right. I wouldn’t argue with you because if you are giving one of those completely legitimate, logical reasons, the REAL reason is that you don’t really want to do it bad enough.
Because it’s never, EVER the right time to start. There is always going to be shit going on. There’s always going to be a great reason why doing it today is a terrible idea.
But when you truly want it badly enough, none of that matters. You look at all those logical reasons not to start and say, “I’m doing it away.”
Your friends/parents/colleagues will say, “Um… is that a good idea right now, with this going on?”
And you’ll respond, “Sure isn’t,” and move forward anyway. You’ll push aside all those very real reasons and create your own reality. You’ll figure it the fuck out.
Because right now is always the worst time to start, but it’s the only time you have.
The worst and best time to do that thing you want is this very second.
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