This isn’t the rough draft of your life. This is the release version. Enjoy it now.

Waiting for the real version to begin is a very effective way of spending the actual one. There is no preliminary period that does not count, no practice run before the part that matters, and the years you are treating as preparation go on the record exactly like the rest. Nothing is being held in reserve for you.

Work out what you are postponing until things properly start. Then do a small piece of it this week, in the conditions you have rather than the ones you were waiting for. This is the version that ships.