📅 A Year from Now, You’ll Wish You Started Today
A year from now, you’ll either be proud of what you started—or stuck wishing you had.
I’ve been on both sides of that equation. I’ve waited too long to start exercising. Delayed quitting smoking. Postponed writing projects, meditation, better planning, reading, all of it—until someday.
But “someday” is where dreams go to die.
🧠 The Wake-Up Call
It hit me recently that I’m not getting any younger. Time isn’t just slipping by—it’s sprinting. And there’s still a lot I want to do while I’m here.
So I’ve started doing something simple, but powerful: writing 500 words every day. Not to impress anyone. Not to go viral. Just to show up—for myself.
Some days, like today, I do it with a little help from a dictation app. (Dragon NaturallySpeaking, in case you’re wondering. I tried it before and gave up. Tried again, and it’s working great.)
✍️ It’s Not About the Tools
You don’t need fancy software. What you need is to start.
Last year, I managed to write for 51 straight days. If I’d stuck with it, this blog would have more than doubled in size—and impact. But I let it slip. I told myself I’d “get back to it tomorrow.”
You know how that goes. One day turns into one week… one month… one year. It’s the same slippery slope that turned me from a fit schoolboy into an unhealthy adult. Until one day, I faced the truth: if I didn’t change, I wouldn’t last long.
🚀 The Challenge
Here’s the part where I turn it around to you.
What’s the thing you’ve been putting off? That thing you wish you’d started a year ago?
Don’t overthink it. Just start. Today. Write the first paragraph. Go for a 10-minute walk. Set the alarm for tomorrow morning. Send the message. Sign up for the class.
Whatever it is—start it.
And when you look back a year from now, you’ll be damn glad you did.
💬 Your Turn
Leave a comment below or send me a message. What are you starting today?
I’ll go first: I’m writing this post. I’m publishing it. And I’m committing to doing it again tomorrow.
Join me.
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Time spent writing: 15 minutes
Time spent editing: 15 minutes
Satisfaction level: 8.5/10 and climbing
Getting started is often the hardest thing about anything we want to accomplish. Our minds create an even bigger picture of what it will become – often leading into procrastination. I’ve found that taking a small step – one I know I can easily master – gets me into the right mindset and the task takes only minutes to complete.
Absolutely. This is where the famous example of BJ Fogg of just flossing one tooth comes from. I did something similar with press ups and started by doing just 10. That has turned into a morning exercise routine. It works so well. I mentioned elsewhere on this blog the idea of the Seinfeld calendar. Small habits turned Jerry Seinfeld into one of the most successful comics of all time.
I firmly believe that if we all started by developing one small (good!) habit in to time we would be a world of superhumans!
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