How many times have you told yourself "I'll start on Monday"? New diet, exercise routine, job search, difficult conversation - always Monday. Because somehow Monday holds this magical power to transform us into different people, right?
I used to be the queen of Monday motivation. Sunday nights were spent making elaborate plans, buying new planners, setting up systems that would definitely work this time. Monday would roll around and by Tuesday afternoon, I'd be back to my old patterns, promising myself I'd restart next Monday.
Here's what nobody wants to admit: Monday isn't coming to save you. Neither is January 1st, or your birthday, or when you finally get that promotion, or when the kids go back to school. The "perfect time" is a myth we created to make procrastination feel productive.
I learned this the hard way during one of my classic Sunday planning sessions. I was reorganizing my entire life (again) when my roommate asked a simple question: "What's stopping you from starting right now?"
The answer was embarrassing. Nothing. Absolutely nothing was stopping me except the story I'd created about needing ideal conditions to begin.
I used to be the queen of Monday motivation. Sunday nights were spent making elaborate plans, buying new planners, setting up systems that would definitely work this time. Monday would roll around and by Tuesday afternoon, I'd be back to my old patterns, promising myself I'd restart next Monday.
Here's what nobody wants to admit: Monday isn't coming to save you. Neither is January 1st, or your birthday, or when you finally get that promotion, or when the kids go back to school. The "perfect time" is a myth we created to make procrastination feel productive.
I learned this the hard way during one of my classic Sunday planning sessions. I was reorganizing my entire life (again) when my roommate asked a simple question: "What's stopping you from starting right now?"
The answer was embarrassing. Nothing. Absolutely nothing was stopping me except the story I'd created about needing ideal conditions to begin.