For the longest time, I convinced myself that I needed the perfect moment to start making changes. If I was going to eat healthier, it had to be on a Monday. If I was going to quit drinking, it had to be on some big, significant day. If I was going to commit to anything, I needed a clean slate, a fresh start, the right timing.
And you know what that did? It kept me stuck.
Because every time I decided I was going to “start fresh”, I also decided that meant I needed one last indulgence in whatever I was giving up. One more weekend of junk food before the diet. One last binge-drinking night before I really quit. One final all-or-nothing moment because, obviously, I was never going to have it again. And if I was never going to have it again, then I needed as much of it as possible right now… like somehow, having more would make it easier to let go.
But that’s not how it works.
Overdoing it never made it easier. It just made me feel worse. And it created this cycle of extremes… either I was on the plan, completely committed, or I was off, spiraling into another “last time.” I’d wake up after a binge, feeling awful, and tell myself, “Okay, that’s it. This time I mean it.” And then I’d do it all over again.
It took me way too long to realize that there is no perfect time. The best time to start? Right now. Not Monday. Not the first of the month. Not after one last hurrah. Right now, in the middle of whatever mess you feel like you’re in. Because the only thing that truly changes things is a decision.
The same goes for everything else - eating better, moving my body, changing my mindset. None of it happened because I waited for the right conditions. It happened because I stopped waiting.
So if you’re sitting there thinking you need a reset, a Monday, a clean slate - let this be your sign: you don’t need it. You don’t need to go all-in one last time before you start. You don’t need to binge on what you’re letting go of.
You just need a decision.
Make it today. Make it again tomorrow. And before you know it, you won’t be waiting for the right time - you’ll already be living in the change you thought you needed a perfect moment to begin.
And that? That’s everything. 💛
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