I know many times, I have experienced that wonderful feeling of excitement and relief when I was feeling stuck in my life and all of a sudden, I came across some new possibility, some new direction.
It is a great feeling right? You get all excited thinking about how you can make a change and no longer be stuck in some situation you do not want now.
This is a great space to be in.
It is like a huge weight has been lifted and you literally feel lighter.
You research and gather every piece of information about this new wonderful class, line of work, training program, place to live, whatever.
It consumes you, and all the while, you are feeling great.
You fantasize about the future and how wonderful it will be.
This is wonderful, because it is great to be excited about life and about making positive changes.
But, you can also get stuck here, in the land of possibilities.
At this point, the planning and pondering is all fun.
You have not made any choices yet, any commitments.
It is a safe space.
Because you have not made any firm decisions yet, you are not experiencing doubts about whether you made the right choice or wondering if things will work out as you hope.
You can get stuck in this space because even though you have not made any choices yet, you have committed to exploring them and you tell yourself that is a great first step, so what is the rush? This is not to say that you should not take some time to mull things over, that is usually a good idea.
But, if most of us are honest with ourselves, we stretch out the mulling process out of fear of making a decision.
Just thinking about the change gives us enough of an emotional boost to get through our current circumstances and we continue to delay making the choice.
Moving into the space of decision and action is surely scary and the high we got when the idea first struck will surely fade a bit as you have to contend with a bit more in this stage.
But, you need to act fast.
Delay too long and your dream life will continue to be just that, a dream.
The farther and farther you get into your current life, the more likely it is you will view these completely doable changes as an impossibility.
You will get swept away in what you do not and it will become harder and harder to do what you actually do want.
The harder it becomes, the less likely you are to ever do it, because let's face it, most of us shy away from doing things that seem too hard, even if they make us happier.
Stop pondering and start doing.