Have you ever noticed that the timing is almost never right for significant moments in life?
When is the best time to start a business? Get married? Have kids? Take a risk?
There is never a good time to _______.
I wrote in a recent post that I am training to run a half marathon as one of my goals for 2009. I figured this wasn’t something you just show up for on race day and just do. I assumed it would require a little homework on my part to make sure I knew what I was doing.
So I googled around and found some resources about running and training. But after reading a few pieces here and there, it came time to put the book down and just do it.
The idea is this…I didn’t wait to start running until I finished reading a book on running.
If you wait to start something until you have all the answers, you’ll never start.
The timing is never going to be just right.
The stars won’t ever be perfectly aligned.
The music won’t start playing to cue you that it’s your moment.
At some point…you just have to start running.
What have you been putting off that you need to start?
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couldn’t be more true. i have recently found myself thinking this with grad school. one night i decided to just sign up for the gre and said, “i’m going to do this and stop merely talking about doing it” good luck with the half marathon.
Love it. Great words….especially when you have responsibilities—kids…spouse…etc. You just have to put the pedal to the MEDAL!!!
Justin…congrats on starting grad school…very cool!