Stop Waiting for Someday: Take Action Today and Transform Your Life

Someday is the excuse that’s holding you back—break free now, or watch your dreams slip away while you wait for a day that will never come.

Let’s rip the bandage off—someday isn’t real. It’s not waiting for you around the corner. It’s not hiding in next week’s plans or sitting in the distant future when you have more time, more money, or fewer responsibilities. Someday is a myth—a trap. It’s a lie you’ve bought into because facing the alternative scares the hell out of you. And let me tell you something: that lie is killing your potential.

I get it. I’ve been there. You tell yourself, I’ll do it when things calm down, or I’ll start when I’m ready. But let’s be honest—you’re never going to feel ready. Readiness is a comfort zone dressed up in procrastination. If you’re waiting for that perfect moment when motivation strikes like a lightning bolt and clears the path, you’ll die waiting. Motivation is fleeting. Action? That’s what moves the needle.

Every day you put off the things you know you should be doing, you’re feeding the very cycle that’s keeping you stuck. You know the one: wake up, promise yourself today will be different, scroll on your phone instead, eat junk food out of convenience, skip the workout, and go to bed, promising yourself tomorrow. Tomorrow turns into next week. Next week turns into next month. And suddenly, it’s a year later, and you’re still in the same place, telling yourself the same lie. Someday.

I know it’s harsh, but sometimes you need a reality check. Your life doesn’t wait for you to feel ready. It moves, with or without you. Every minute you hesitate is a minute you’ll never get back. Think about that for a second. Let it sink in. Time isn’t on pause while you sort yourself out—it’s slipping through your fingers, silently mocking you while you wait for that elusive someday to show up and save you. Spoiler alert: It won’t.

Do you want change? Then stop waiting for it to knock on your door. Kick the damn door down.

Let’s talk about fear for a second because that’s the root of this whole someday disease. You’re not lazy. You’re not incapable. You’re scared. Scared to fail. Scared of what people will think if you try and fall flat on your face. Scared that maybe you’re not good enough to succeed, you play it safe with your little someday safety net instead of risking it. But that net isn’t protecting you—it’s strangling you. Fear is the anchor, and you’re the one holding the chain.

But here’s the hard truth: you will fail. You will screw up, stumble, and face-plant along the way. But that’s part of the process. Nobody achieves greatness without failure. Nobody builds a life worth living by waiting until everything is perfect. Perfection is the enemy of progress. The people you admire? The ones who seem to have it all together? They started messy. They started scared. They just started.

So, let’s cut the BS. What do you actually want? Not the sanitized, Facebook-filtered version of your goals, but the real, raw desire buried under the excuses. Do you want to lose 50 pounds, quit drinking, start a business, or rebuild your broken relationships? Then, get brutally honest with yourself. How long have you been telling yourself someday? How much time have you already wasted waiting for conditions to be perfect?

Here’s a truth bomb: Someday is today, whether you like it or not.

Do you want to lose weight? Go outside and walk—right now. Don’t overthink it. Don’t wait until you have the perfect gym outfit or the right playlist. Put on whatever shoes you’ve got and move. Feel ridiculous? Good. You’re making progress. You’re doing more than the person still scrolling through motivational quotes, waiting for inspiration to strike.

Do you want to quit drinking? Dump the alcohol down the drain and sit with the discomfort. Feel it. Let it burn. Growth doesn’t happen in comfort—it happens when you face the fire head-on. Don’t wait until after the weekend, the next party, or the next “one last time.” There’s no one last time. There’s only today.

And if you want to build a better life—the one you dream about when no one’s watching—you need to get ruthless with your priorities. Stop wasting time on things that don’t serve your purpose. Stop binge-watching TV for hours and calling it “relaxation.” Stop saying yes to things that drain you just to please other people. Start protecting your time like it’s sacred because it is. Every moment you spend waiting for someday is a moment you could build something that matters.

Let me share something personal. I used to be trapped in the someday mindset. I was 305 pounds, addicted, and drowning in excuses. I told myself I’d clean up my life when the time was right—when I had fewer stresses, the pain wasn’t so overwhelming, and when I had a “good reason” to change. But here’s the thing: pain didn’t wait for someday. It hit me hard and dragged me through the mud until I had no choice but to face it. That’s the brutal beauty of life—it doesn’t care about your timetable.

I quit cold turkey at 2:33 a.m. on a random August morning. No plan. No strategy. Just a decision to stop being a prisoner of someday and take control. That decision saved my life. Was it hard? Damn right, it was. But you know what’s harder? Waking up years from now with nothing but regret because you waited for a day that never came.

So what’s it going to be? Are you going to keep living in someday, or are you going to own your life right now? Because here’s the deal: someday doesn’t give you anything but regret. Action gives you results.

It doesn’t have to be perfect. It doesn’t have to be pretty. But it does have to be now. Take the messy first step. Sign up for the class you’ve been avoiding. Make the apology you’ve been putting off. Lace up your shoes and start running. Whatever it is, do it today. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Today.

And when you feel like giving up—and you will—remember this: the pain of discipline is temporary, but the pain of regret lasts forever. Every time you choose action over excuses, you’re rewriting your future. Every time you face fear head-on, you’re winning even when it doesn’t feel like it.

Someday won’t save you. But you can save yourself. Start messy, start scared, start now. Just start.

Because someday isn’t real—but today is. Make it count.

Stay disciplined. Stay resilient.

Jim Lunsford

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