Coaching practices for I Keep Telling Myself I'll Do Things Once I Feel Up to it and That Moment Just Never Arrives So I Sit Here Waiting to Want to and the Wanting Never Comes and Another Day Goes by with Nothing in it

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• I keep telling myself I’ll do things once I feel up to it, and that moment just never arrives
• I keep telling myself I’ll do it once I feel up to it, but the feeling never arrives
• I keep telling myself I’ll really start living once things settle down
• I know what I want to be doing, but I keep waiting until I feel ready or motivated, and ready never shows up
• There’s a thing I’ve told myself I’ll do "someday" for years now

Practices that may help

1. Activity scheduling: plan valued activities before you feel like it
   Schedule specific activities in your calendar based on your values, not on your motivation level.
   Behavioral Activation: Acting Your Way Out of Low Mood
2. Schedule activities before you feel like doing them
   Block specific pleasant activities in your calendar this week — do not wait for motivation.
   Pleasant Events Scheduling, Made Practical
3. Stop postponing your life
   The greatest waste of life is putting it off — “the whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
   Seneca on Time, Made Practical
4. Committed action
   Take concrete steps toward your values, again and again, even when discomfort shows up.
   Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Made Practical
5. Distinguish genuine deferral from disguised refusal
   An item that has been on the someday list for two or more years is not deferred — it has been declined without being acknowledged.
   The Someday List
6. Act before you feel ready
   Take the competent action now and let confidence catch up, instead of waiting to feel sure.
   Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, Made Practical
7. Default aggressive: start before you feel ready
   Waiting for motivation or ideal conditions is how discipline fails; the discipline is starting without them.
   Discipline Equals Freedom: Jocko Willink's Framework
8. Use the "little and often" approach for long projects
   Chip at big projects every day in small doses rather than saving them for marathon sessions.
   Do It Tomorrow, Made Practical
9. Engage fully in the present rather than deferring satisfaction to the goal
   Attaching well-being to future goal achievement reliably postpones happiness and degrades present performance.
   Goal-Free Living: When Process Beats Destination
10. Start before you are ready to create a pull back
    Beginning a task -- even briefly -- opens a cognitive loop that draws you back to finish it.
    The Zeigarnik Effect: Using Task Tension to Stay Motivated

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