SOMEDAY… A Word for Your Day

By Jane Bishop

We all have a Someday. Often, the word has infiltrated our vocabulary to the point the brain processes it as an actual future date. When I polled a group of friends to complete the sentence “Someday I will…” responses included, “…start exercising; get more organized; be able to do what I want to do; take a trip to Alaska; organize my family pictures.” This demonstrates they each have a Someday.

Check your calendar. Where is Someday? Whether you prefer to plan every part of your day or choose to go with the flow, someday will not show up. Someday is an unspecified time in the future, so it is not on any calendar. Yet, it occupies valuable brain space in our thinking.

Someday consumes energy without producing tangible results. It keeps us in neutral, unable to move in any direction, and may even hinder us from being responsible. Someday also fuels procrastination. What is the cost of continually waiting for Someday? It may cost better health, realized dreams, clarity, contentment, and living4ward.

It is possible to remove the Someday embedded in our vocabulary and thinking and how we view it as an actual future date. This requires