The perfect day to start doesn’t exist. Tuesday will do.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Waiting for the right conditions is one of the most comfortable ways to not begin, because it looks like planning. There is always a reason today is not ideal, and the ideal version never turns up, so the real choice is between an imperfect start and no start. Beginnings are allowed to be ordinary and unceremonious.
Start the thing this week on whatever day it happens to be. Do a bad first version for fifteen minutes. The date you began will not matter in six months, and whether you began will.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
What are you postponing until conditions are finally perfect?
MORE IN PATIENCE & TIMING
- Macarons sit out to dry before they bake, or they crack. The waiting is part of the recipe, not a delay in it.
- A mistake at a new job feels huge on day three. By month three it’s a funny story you tell the next new person.
- Patience with someone who learns slower than you is a test of character, not intelligence.
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