Transformation becomes inevitable once your old life costs more than changing it.

People rarely change when change looks appealing. They change when the arrangement they have been protecting starts charging them more than they can afford in sleep, in health, in the parts of themselves they keep postponing. Until that ledger tips, every argument for change stays theoretical. Once it tips, the decision seems to make itself, and afterwards you wonder why it took so long.

Rather than waiting for the cost to become unbearable, try counting it early. Write down what this month of staying is actually taking from you, in specific terms, not vague ones. Seeing the number tends to move you sooner than any inspiration will.