Ready or Not. Power Over Pause
Jul 07, 2025
This ends with a questions that might just change everything.
You're at the starting gate.
You feel it, the thrum of possibility in your chest, the rush of desire, the electric knowing that something has to change.
Maybe it's upleveling your personal brand.
Answering a relentless calling to change careers.
Launching the business that's been whispering in your ear for years.
Or maybe change is barreling toward you: a promotion, a personal pivot, standing in front of retirement, graduating or getting that certification, a milestone birthday—35, 50, 60, 70, 100. (Plug in your personal age of significance.)😘
The vision ahead is bold.
Not entirely clear, but it pulls at you with precision.
You've been ruminating, glimpsing flashes of what could be.
In your mind's eye, you see the next version of you - bolder, freer, more fully aligned.
Not entirely clear, but it pulls at you with precision.
You've been ruminating, glimpsing flashes of what could be.
In your mind's eye, you see the next version of you - bolder, freer, more fully aligned.
You've dipped a toe into curiosity.
You've sketched the rough outlines.
Maybe you've even taken a few first steps.
You've sketched the rough outlines.
Maybe you've even taken a few first steps.
The buzzer sounds.
The gates swing open.
The gates swing open.
And…
Nothing.
You freeze.
Not because you don't want it. Not because you're not capable.
But beneath the excitement a chilling whisper begins to surface: “I'm not ready.”
You reach for a trove of well-practiced reasons some convincing, most untrue.
“I'm too tired.”
“I want to focus on one thing at a time.”
“It's fine, it's not a big deal anyway.”
“I'll start when things calm down.”
“I can't justify investing in myself.”
“It's fine, it's not a big deal anyway.”
“I'll start when things calm down.”
“I can't justify investing in myself.”
“I don't know how.”
“I've waited this long… what's a little longer?”
“I've waited this long… what's a little longer?”
“No one cares about my writing” (art, work, business…)
They sound reasonable, possibly responsible.
They feel logical.
They feel logical.
Some quite valid.
But they are masks. Rehearsed scripts. Not truths.
But they are masks. Rehearsed scripts. Not truths.
You may not feel ready today.
You may not feel ready tomorrow.
You may never feel ready.
You may not feel ready tomorrow.
You may never feel ready.
Sit with that.
Stay there for just a moment: never ready.
Stay there for just a moment: never ready.
Go back to the starting gate.
Feel that desire again - that surge of possibility, the soul-level knowing that something is calling you forward.
Feel that desire again - that surge of possibility, the soul-level knowing that something is calling you forward.
Now imagine that burning aspiration…
Gone.
Gone.
The choice to evolve, to rise, to rewrite your story - gone.
The door to that next-level life quietly… closed.
The door to that next-level life quietly… closed.
That's what happens when we wait to feel ready.
Whew. That's a gut punch, isn't it?
Time to shift that thought because my heart can't hold the idea of you missing out on the life you're meant to lead.
A life stepped into with clarity, joy, strength, and agency.
Here's where the truth lives:
Old habits.
Loud fears.
Relentless distractions.
They grab the reins just when you're ready to run.
This isn't about a lack of ambition.
It's about the pause between knowing and doing.
That liminal space - where desire lives but action hasn't arrived yet.
It's about the pause between knowing and doing.
That liminal space - where desire lives but action hasn't arrived yet.
You're not in the transition yet.
You're in the space before the transition.
You're at the threshold, and the weight of the unknown has you frozen.
You're in the space before the transition.
You're at the threshold, and the weight of the unknown has you frozen.
It's not you.
It's your magnificent, protective, pattern-loving brain resisting the very thing you want most.
From a neuroscience perspective, your brain is simply trying to shield you from the discomfort of uncertainty.
It defaults to what's familiar even if what's familiar is too small, too safe, or slowly suffocating your growth.
It defaults to what's familiar even if what's familiar is too small, too safe, or slowly suffocating your growth.
Your survival wiring resists change.
But your visionary self?
She/he was built for it.
But your visionary self?
She/he was built for it.
Hold THAT thought.
Your visionary self is built for it.
YES.
If you're stuck at the gate, I invite you to take one powerful action:
Picture what's possible.
Feel the pulse of it again.
Then imagine letting it go.
Feel the pulse of it again.
Then imagine letting it go.
And ask yourself:
Are you really willing to let that version of you slip away?
Are you really willing to let that version of you slip away?
