Get Started Today
It doesn’t matter if everything is perfect. It doesn’t matter if the time is not right. It doesn’t matter if you’ve got enough money in your bank account. It doesn’t matter if you still have your job. It doesn’t matter if friends and family don’t believe what you believe. The only thing that matters is getting started!
I’ve envisioned the ideal version of me for longer than I call recall. A slimmer, more fit, more educated, more polished, more this or that version of myself. I’d also have some self-talk and saying that when this or that is completed, that’s when I’ll start. This or that, whatever those things or events may actually be is not the reason for not starting. They are the symptoms of something bigger and treacherous. But that’s for a different time.
What’s important to know today, and everyday is this and nothing else. We only have today!!! There’s nothing else. We can’t change our past. It’s over and there’s nothing we can do to change what happened yesterday, last week, last month, or a decade ago. We have this moment. This day, today, is all we truly have.
Whatever you’ve been thinking about doing, can be done. The timing could never be better than right now! We only have today! Get started today!!!
Today, Friday, September 23, 2022, I am grateful that:
The present is a gift. Today will never happen again. I can do my best to make the most of this moment, this day, and pack the most into it and what I’m here to accomplish. Nothing else can or will delay my action!
During a conversation with D.C. last night, we talked about this exact thing. The takeaway for me, is getting started. It’s about taking action. He’d offered his insights about stumbling forward or failing forward and I simply replied, “I rarely get into my car and drive without knowing where I’m going.” Taking action is vital, yet unintentional efforts lead to frustration.
I know where I’m going and taking steps daily towards my destination. That’s not true of my history, but it is true of my present existence. Our history does not define our future!
Do you know where you’re going?
Do you have a plan to get there?
What can you do today to move one step closer to where you’re headed?
Do that one thing!!!
Be Great. Be Grateful!!!