How do I finally stop putting things off?

The list is still sitting on your kitchen counter. Or your phone. Or the back of your mind at 11pm when you should be sleeping. Maybe the moment never feels quite right, or maybe one more thing keeps landing before you can begin. You are not lazy. You are human. And somewhere in the gap between now and starting, the weight of tomorrow creeps in and makes today feel impossible. Jesus noticed this. He said something very simple about it.

"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."

- Matthew 6:34 (KJV)

Pick one thing on that list. Not the hardest one. Just one. Set a timer for 15 minutes before you eat tonight, and do only that one thing. Not everything. One. When the timer stops, you have already broken the pattern.

What would today look like if you stopped trying to get ready and just began?

God, today feels heavy before it has even started. I give you tomorrow and I ask for just enough courage for today. Help me take one step and trust you with the rest. Amen.