“It’s never going to be over, so stop waiting for the good stuff” - D.Deida

It’s funny how we sometimes wait for permission for things that we don’t need approval on. This quote (via Jake Lodwick) really hit home:

“It’s never going to be over, so stop waiting for the good stuff. As of now, spend a minimum of one hour a day doing whatever you are waiting to do until your finances are more secure, or until you have finished your obligations and you feel free to do what you really want to do. Don’t wait any longer. Don’t believe in the myth of “one day when everything will be different.” Do what you love to do, what you are waiting to do, what you’ve been born to do, now.”

At first this is a great, invigorating thing to hear…I’m gonna do it, yeah!! And then, the days start to pass - and the one hour is hard to come by, or you’re tired, or you get 30 mins here and 30 mins there, and it’s hard to know if what you’re doing in that hour is valuable.

That’s where the second part of the quote comes in:

“However, be forewarned: you may discover that you don’t, or can’t, do it; that in fact, your fantasy of your future life is simply a fantasty.”

And thus the real struggle/test begins. Not only is it never going to be over, it’s never gonna be easy either.