(Notes from FB Live Oct 6 2018 ~ Click to Watch)

Someday. So many times this little word has robbed me of opportunity, of growth, of happiness.

“Someday I’ll start to exercise.” “Someday I’ll write my book.” “Someday I’ll become the person I want to be.” “Someday I’ll change.”

Someday isn’t even real! It’s a false security blanket that allows me to not do what I want to do when I want to do it. It is a dream stealer. It can have me hanging around a miserable situation for far too long. It can keep me stuck in a rut in my life where I struggle to maintain positivity.

I’ve realized that Someday is so subtle and sneaky. It isn’t as obvious as Fear that at least lets me make a clear decision to do or not do something.

Someday lets me think that I am in control and that I in fact know what I am doing. It is like a warm security blanket that lulls me into remaining trapped in my suffering or worse – mediocrity.

Yesterday I was sitting in a van with a new friend who was so distraught and depressed because she can’t seem to get the ball rolling to make changes and lose weight and gain energy. I was sharing my story of how I was able to create momentum with my own health gains and patting my substantially smaller tummy as evidence that it works. And it came to me.

Why has it taken me most of my adult life to get into this mindset? To actually have the desire and commitment to do the work to get healthy? And why do I experience days – still – where I “fall off the wagon” and not do the things I know I need to do to achieve my goals?

Because of “someday.”

I soothe myself with “someday I’ll be the weight I want to be.” “Someday I will be able to physically do the things I want to do because I will be fit.”

Someday isn’t even a day! The days of the week, Today and even Yesterday are all days we can actually measure. I just noticed that “Tomorrow” doesn’t even have “day” in it anywhere!

Living in the here and now I can find my contentment because I am awake and aware and making informed choices.

Bye bye “someday!” Smile.

#someday #thief #today #dreams #hopes #ambition #weightloss #motivation8