Why we should stop waiting for something to happen

Life doesn’t begin when something arrives, it begins when you say farewell to “someday mode"

Hello friends,

Do you ever catch yourself waiting for things to fall in place? It can be frustrating, depending on what you’re waiting for. And yet, somehow, so much of our lives is spent just waiting.

We wait for the perfect moment, we wait to feel motivated, and we wait for signs from the universe (I hate to admit I am guilty of this more than I wish to be)

But here’s the thing: waiting for something big and dramatic to magically fix everything almost never works. Life rarely delivers those movie-like moments we hope for.

I think most of the time, our lives aren’t actually stuck, we are. We tend to turn waiting into a “habit” and mistake it for patience.

This undeniable and yet annoying truth is that even when we feel unmotivated, we have to ask ourselves, “Okay… but what if I just begin anyway?”

Not in a grand way. Not in a ‘this will change my life forever’ way. Just in a soft, almost invisible way. Just by stopping to wait for clarity and instead creating a small piece of it.

Because life doesn’t start when something happens, we are living either way. It’s up to us to decide what will happen in our lives. So it’s really up to us to choose what we focus on and to grow into the person we want to become, not someday, but starting today.

Here are some ideas to say farewell to living in “someday mode”:

1-Do the smallest possible version of the thing you’re avoiding

If something feels too big, cut it down to the smallest possible version. Read one page instead of starting a whole book. Do a 5-minute clean instead of reorganizing your whole room. Progress can come from small wins; it doesn’t always require big plans. 

2-Stop romanticizing the future and start softening the present

Light a candle. Open a window. Play music that makes you start singing without even realizing it. Fix one corner of your space. Sometimes you don’t need motivation; you just need the room to feel less depressed.

3-Some days are just days

Some days are just… days. What is important is what you choose to do with it. You can spend it scrolling, overthinking, and waiting for something to change, or you can do one small thing that makes you feel alive, even for a few minutes. 

Make a cup of tea, step outside, write a sentence, take a walk. Tiny choices like these quietly build momentum, and before you know it, your “just a day” starts feeling like progress.

4- Start before you feel ready

Most good things in my life started when I didn’t feel prepared at all.I started this Substack knowing almost nothing about it, and somehow I ended up writing to thousands of you, which honestly still feels a little unreal. (thank you all so much for being here)

5-Bring a bit of childlike wonder into your day

Part of stopping the wait is remembering how to notice the little things again. Try looking at the world with the wonder your inner child possesses. Watch the sunlight shift across your room, spot a funny shape in the clouds, or doodle something without worrying about it.

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At the end of the day, waiting rarely changes anything. The small steps you take, even when you don’t feel ready, are what actually move you forward.

So if you’ve been waiting for motivation, a sign, or the perfect timing…
Here’s the real truth: You don’t need a sign. You just need a small start.

Your future self will be so grateful you didn’t wait another year.