Never and always

When is it a good time to get married? To start a family? How about starting a business? Or that project you have been putting off? When is it a good time to make art?

Never and always.

The logical choice is to wait. Wait for market conditions to be right. Wait until you’ve gained more market share. Wait until you have more credentials. Wait until you are in a better financial situation. Wait for the recession to be over. Or wait until you have enough experience. Wait until someone gives you authority. Wait until your ducks are in a row.

If all we do is spend our time waiting, then we never spend any time doing.

Disruptions are never practical and they never occur at the right time. Because of nature. It feels safer to fly low, to blend in, to follow. But paradoxically waiting makes ourselves more desperate and less likely to make a difference. We trade in for what we believe is safety for what makes us alive: to fly high, to stand out, to lead.

To dare and create something that matters. These spaces. Is what makes us human.