"Someday" is a Dangerous Word

Someday is a word with a rather fanciful quality about it, isn’t it? It is often imbued with unfulfilled longings, wistful nostalgia about who we used to be or dreams of what we might become – eventually.

Lately I’ve been thinking “someday” isn’t as much fanciful as it is dangerous because we often use it to describe a day that never comes. For example…

“Someday”, I’ll lose weight and fit into those size 6 jeans again.

We’ll get married “someday”, when we can afford a wedding.

“Someday”, I’ll learn to say no to extra activities that eat up my spare moments and do what I’m really dreaming of.

“Someday” when things slow down, we’ll go get that coffee and catch up!

“Someday”, when we make more money, we’ll stop using credit and pay with cash.


I’ll open that coffee shop “someday” when I’m feeling more brave.


“Someday”, when I’m finally back to my “real” size, I’ll go shopping for that new wardrobe. In the meantime, these old clothes will do. It’ll motivate me.


“Someday”, we’ll go on that vacation. I just can’t take time off work right now. 

The problem with “Someday” is that someday never comes.

And all those dreams and hopes about what you want your life to be are just wistful thinking until you –

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What “someday” have you been putting off? Stop using the word “someday” and do it!