Someday Never Comes

There are seven days in a week and Someday isn’t one of them. – Unknown

Whatever you want to do.

Whatever you want to create.

Whatever you want to become.

Whatever relationship you want to start or repair.

Begin now.

Take some action now.

The first step though, often isn’t the first step (at least not the one you’ve been thinking it is . . . ).

The real first step is figuring out what the actual first step is.

That one thing that you can do now.

That one thing that isn’t too scary, or too overwhelming, or too daunting . . . .

It’s the one thing you can do now.

Do it, and you’ve started.

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