Patience is waiting for the right moment. Procrastination is pretending every moment is the wrong one.

The two feel identical from inside, which is how one borrows the reputation of the other. The difference is whether you have named what you are waiting for. Real patience has a condition attached and a plan for when it arrives, while the other kind keeps generating reasons, and the reasons are always about the circumstances rather than about you.

Say out loud what specifically has to be true before you start. If you can name it, you are waiting. If the answer keeps moving, or sounds like you not feeling ready, begin the smallest possible piece today.