Conditions for starting

William Liao
1 min readDec 22, 2022

The conditions we require to start are often idealistic.

In a Perfect World, many of us would like at least three things to be true before we start:

  • enough time in the day
  • seemingly enough resources to start
  • and ample energy to give

Unless you’re among a truly lucky minority, the number of days in which these conditions are true is extremely rare.

So, yes, you can wait for such a day to come but the wait will likely be long.

Alternatively, you can choose to challenge what you think you need.

Maybe you feel a little stretched for time, maybe resources feel limited, maybe you’re tired — but can any of these things actually stop you from starting something important if you really wanted to?

Here’s a thought: maybe the only condition you truly need to start anything is a willingness to start.

Even if circumstances allow you to only make a fraction of a percent of progress every day — that has massive cumulative effects over time.

And it certainly beats just sitting idly for weeks, months — years even —waiting for the perfect time to start that may never come.

You can make now the right time to start.

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William Liao
William Liao

Written by William Liao

Taiwanese American, daily blogger of ideas about impactful work in service of others, photographer (ephemera.photography)

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