You don’t really want it (you just say you do)

What’s something you’ve always wanted to do?

For me, I want to write a book. To share the many things I’ve learned about being a creative human being; the struggle and the beauty that comes along with it.

I want to do it, because I feel like I’ve been blessed with many gifts in my life — knowledge, experiences, and advice — that have had a positive impact on how I think and how I work. I want to share those gifts with others. Every time I get a spark of motivation to work on the book, it’s usually met with the following in my head:

“I don’t have enough time right now”

“I will… but I need X first”

“I don’t know where to start”

“I don’t have the complete idea yet”

“I’m waiting for it to come to me…”

The truth is, I haven’t even tried. Instead of actually doing the work, I’ve spent my energy inventing reasons why I can’t. I may take a step forward here and there, but I haven’t truly committed to the hard work. We’re all like this.

Someday is not a day in the week. Yet we always put things off till “someday.”

We say we want it. We don’t act like we want it.