The Truth About Becoming Your Future Self (Even If You’re Tired, Scared, or Stuck)
Why small steps in the right direction matter more than motivation.
I’m really good at taking action, when it comes to business.
I’ve launched new ventures after a failed one. Posted videos when I’ve felt like a fraud. Sold everything I owned and jumped on a plane to chase freedom with a toddler under one arm and zero backup plan. I’ve built portable income streams from apartments in Cyprus, cafes in Thailand, and hotel rooms with barely a working Wi-Fi signal. I can work through imposter syndrome like a pro. I can show up even when I’m nervous, unsure, or slightly convinced the whole thing is going to flop.
But ask me to take action on the thing that really matters for a nomad life in my 50s. My fitness, my aching knees, my strength for hauling a 9kg backpack through airports and up stone steps, and suddenly I’m all out of momentum.
It’s too hot.
It’s too cold.
It’s not the right time.
I don’t feel like it.
I’ll start again Monday.
Sound familiar?
We all have our thing. The area where emotions overrule action, where stories w…
