Waiting is when you’re ready and the moment isn’t. Stalling is when the moment’s ready and you aren’t.

Those are two different situations wearing one word, and the difference is which side is not ready. One sits outside you: the tryout date, the other person’s availability, the money not yet saved. The other sits inside you, and it hides behind language borrowed from the first. Honest waiting has a date attached; stalling has reasons.

Test it on whatever you are not doing: name the thing that has to happen before you can move. If you can name it and it is not you, you are waiting, and you can stop feeling guilty about it. If the only missing piece is your own willingness, do the smallest version today.