Myth of “Someday”: Today is the Only Day that Counts.
We all have a “Someday” list. It‘s that invisible scroll of habits, dreams and changes we promise ourselves we‘ll action once the stars seem to align.
“So I will begin that YouTube channel one day.”
Some day I will take care of my mental health.
“I‘ll one day be able to use fluent English.”
However, here is the hardest thing to accept, “One Day” is not a day of the week. It is a state of mind a stay away place a room for us to sit comfortably while we wait for the actual start. As you embark on the journey of self-improvement and social development, the greatest transformation will be to replace the concept of “One Day” with the fact of “Day One”.
1. The Psychology of Procrastination
Why do we put our best intentions into the undefined future? Mostly because we are not lazy, we are afraid.
Every time we say ‘Someday’ we‘re protecting ourselves from failure. If we don‘t do it today, then we can‘t fail today. We remain huddled inside the cocoon of ‘potential.’ But the price we pay for ‘potential‘is chronic dissatisfaction. Waiting for the ‘perfect time‘is perfectionism, and perfectionism paralyzes us. In the meantime, perfection kills momentum, and if you‘re in charge of a household, a family, or a digital brand, then the most successful people aren‘t the ones who waited for the ‘right time, they‘re the ones who finally realize that the ‘right time‘is an illusion.
2. Why Today is Objectively Better
There are three scientific and emotional reasons why “Today” holds more power than any future date:
A. The Power of Immediate Agency
The second you do something your brain switches from passive to active. Now dopamine is released, the “reward” chemical, and momentum begins. When you wait for “Someday” to happen you stay in a state of mental “open loops” enclosures that drain your energy and feed your anxiety.
There are no giant steps in success. Success is a bunch of tiny, dull, daily repetitions.
You‘ve only got today to begin, you have 24 hours of momentum that “One Day” will not have. If you wait one month, you‘ve lost 30 days of compounding growth.1 If you wait for a year, the difference is an ocean.2
C. The Reality of “Now”
We forget that the future is just a series of “Nows”. If you haven‘t adopted the discipline to act today, why do you think you‘ll have that discipline six months from now? The “future you” is the realization of the “current you”.
3. The “Civic Sense” of Self-Growth
As a community we often discuss social wellbeing. But social wellbeing begins with individual responsibility. If we fail to take responsibility for our on..
3. The “Civic Sense” of Self-Growth
As a community we talk about social wellbeing. But social wellbeing begins with personal responsibility. When we begin to get out of our own way, we become better neighbors, better parents, and better citizens.
A “Day One” attitude is about owning it. It‘s about knowing that your life and the contribution you make to the world will be decided in the next sixty minutes, not the next sixty days.
4. How to Transition from “One Day” to “Day One”
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by a big goal, use these three strategies to start today:
The Two-Minute Rule: If you know you are going to do something in two minutes or less (such as outlining a blog post or recording a fifteen second clip), then do it now!
Break the Bar: Avoid setting the bar at perfection. Make your “good enough to launch”. If first video‘s not your best one and that‘s okay. Here you have to be “bad” before you can be “good”.
Audit Your “Some days”: List three things you want to postpone. Select the least manageable of the bunch, and undertake one percent of it today before sunset.
5. Embracing the Messy Start
And to my fellow voices and writers, the world does not need more “perfect” people. It needs more brave people the ones who show up even when their hair isn‘t perfect. Even when they are exhausted and trip over a word in English.
Your “Day One” will be messy. It will be loud. It will be imperfect. But it will be real. And a real, messy beginning is worth infinitely more than a perfect, imaginary “Someday.”
What is that ONE thing you have been waiting to do “Someday” that you could do a teeny weeny step toward TODAY? Lets encourage each other by holding ourselves accountable in the comments below.
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