After the holidays. I'll start after the New Year. I have too much going on to even think about it until January.
Trust me. I get it. I pawn things off to a later date all the time. I have house projects to get done, a body to get in shape, and a stockpile of tasks to complete as it pertains to my work. It's so easy to push things off until our minds can be a little clearer and less cluttered with a booked calendar.
Well, Christmas is over, and while New Year's looms for many, most will be going back to work as early as today and into next week. So the question you have to be prepared to answer is: when are you ready to get started on that looming list of items you want to check off for 2026 to ensure it's a better year ahead?
Only you can make the mindset shift, and if you push it off another week, nobody would fault you. After all, you have New Year's parties and events to consider, family still in town, flights to catch, and life to live all before the calendar turns. But what if you got started today?
Five months ago, I purchased thescottbond.com. Four months ago, I bought a one-year subscription through Wix. In the last four months, I hadn't done a damn thing but tinker and feel overwhelmed. I would start, I would stop. I would start, and I would feel frustrated. Then Thanksgiving came, and I pushed it off to December. Then December came, and I was about to push it off to January.
Then I finally sat down, in between all of the chaos of family events, even at a time when my mind was distracted, and I decided to dedicate an hour to trying to get my website up and running. I leaned into Claude AI to help me build it, signed up for Netlify to host it, and today I get to present you my new website.
Waiting for the ideal moment often disguises itself as patience or discipline, but more often it is just another form of protection — and protection does not build anything meaningful or lasting.
If 2026 is going to look different, it will not be because the calendar flipped or because life suddenly slowed down in your favor. It will be because you chose to start while things were still chaotic, uncomfortable, and unfinished. Starting today matters because it proves to you that progress does not require perfect conditions, and even a single hour of focused effort can shift how you see what is possible.