We’ve all had that friend: the one who is perpetually planning. They have elaborate plans for their health, their finances, their work, their friendships, their relationships. Plan after plan after plan. And yet, time passes, and nothing changes.

Epictetus posed the best retort to the “diet starts tomorrow” issue: “How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?”

Get impatient with yourself. Figure out why you aren’t changing and then change. Get started living—not preparing to live—the life you want.

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