I have a confession to make.

I am 14 chapters into a book I have been writing for two years. It's embarrassing to tell you, because it should be finished, printed, and in your hands by now. Or at least you should have had the option to read it.

The sad part is I think about it constantly. Where I left off in the story. When I am going to sit down and work on it. How I could make it better. I even recently sent a sample chapter to an editor and got great feedback. And then I didn't keep going.

I could give you a few of the excuses I've made up in my head. Limited time. Work commitments. Both of those are true, to a point. But I make time every weekend to write for you, to show up to write the Optimistic Outlook consistently. So time and work commitments aren’t really the issue.

Then I came across a line that has me doing some soul-searching: "You either stop thinking about it or start doing it."

Read that again.

Not "think about it less." Not "make more time for it." Stop thinking, or start doing. If I am unwilling to write, unwilling to get this book over the goal line, I owe it to myself to stop thinking about it. Or as Idina Menzel would sing, “Let it go. Let it go.”

But if the desire is going to remain, if it's still going to show up in my head every weekend, then the action has to follow.

Now I don't know what you're thinking about but not acting on. A business idea. A conversation you need to have. A relationship you keep meaning to repair.

But it's time to either stop thinking about it, or start doing something about it.

P.S. The Optimistic Outlook is a Podcast! Leaving a rating or review wherever you listen to podcasts would mean a lot.