Do You Suffer from Someday Syndrome?

A lot of people say to me: "Someday Syndrome. That sounds like something I might have." Well, if you're one of those people, you don't need to guess any more. Take this little quiz and find out exactly if you have it or not.nn1. Picture your ideal life. How different is it from the life you have now? Are you doing anything to get there? Do you even know where “there” is?nn2. Think of your to-do list. How often do you postpone certain items on it? Do they move from list to list without ever getting done? Do you even want or need to do them?nn3. Take a look around at your stuff. Do you truly love or need all of it? Do you really want to carry it all into your future? Do you even know what it all is? Now let's score the quiz and see how you did. If you couldn’t answer each of the above questions quickly and easily, then yes you suffer from Someday Syndrome. Don’t worry, though. Everyone does. Seriously. Can you think of a single person who doesn’t have an unclear desire, actions they keep putting off doing, or things sitting around their house that they don’t need? And if you do know someone like that, then you might want to check for the robot wiring underneath the skin. Specifically Someday Syndrome can affect us in three ways:

• Someday My Ship Will Come In where we wait for rather than pursue our dreams.
• I'll Get Around To It Someday where we waste our lives with navel-gazing instead of acting.
• I Might Need It Someday where we fill our lives with stuff instead of achievements.

nOkay, so yeah, you're infected in some way. What next? That's the simple cure: active, conscious choices. Someday Syndrome creeps in when we let the auto-pilot take over or we let the words "should" and "have to" rule our lives. So make a choice to get rid of your Somedays today.