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A year from now you will wish you had started today.  Karen Lamb

A friend and I were talking about this very thing yesterday at work so I thought today was a good day for my quote since the topic is fresh for me.
We humans (Americans?  Or is it universal?) have a problem.  We wait to do something, say something, buy something, have something (a kid), be something until everything is "just right"- according to our standards of course.  But the fact is, it will never be "just right".  There will always be something or someone that enters in and messes with the perfection.  So just do it.  Even if there are quirks, flaws, obstacles, doubts, etc - just do it so that a year from now you are wishing you had started but you will be that much further down the road.  This is part of risk taking.  And we deceive ourselves into believing that if we get everything "just right" then the risk is minimized.  Newsflash:  it's not.  The risk is there no matter what so just do it!
As I listened to my friend talk yesterday about yet another cool thing he's aiming for I thought to myself, "Beth what in the world are you waiting on?  Get pro-active and get 'er done."  So today's quote and ramblings about it are really me preaching to me and letting you all listen in.  :)  

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