Because You Know You Want To Write A Book

It’s human nature to live a life of delay. We recognize that children who can delay gratification are more likely to succeed. We understand that accomplishment takes effort over time. We see that quick-and-dirty rarely leads to long-lasting.

And so, we wait.

Learning is important. Getting a grounding in the discipline we’re pursuing is vital.

Practice is critical. Whether we’re reaching out for the fabled 10,000 hours or simply honing our craft, we cannot be good at what we don’t do.

Acknowledgement is powerful. Knowing that we are respected or followed or loved fills very special slots in our mental self-image.

And so, we wait.

We wait until we’re properly trained. We wait until we have enough experience. We wait until someone tells us we’re ready.

We wait for an epitaph that says “She was finally ready.”

You are what you are. If you’re pursuing a career as a writer, inside, you’re already a writer. If you’re getting a law degree, face it, you’re already a lawyer; you’re just chasing the bits of paper and time that announce it to others.

Training, documentation, practicing the art—those are not what make you what you are. You are what you are.

Get out of the ’someday’ box. Stop waiting for what you’ll become someday. You already are.