There are days when it’s hard to get out of bed. When you get laid off from a job, when you’re sick, when no one else is home, you’re all alone with nothing to do and with no one around to care whether you ever get your butt moving, just getting to the restroom can be a struggle. I’ve spent much of my life in this state. I call it “survival mode.” I’m getting through another day to hold me over until something changes, and something always inevitably changes. Change is the one constant in life we can regularly count on. Change is our friend, even though we typically fear it. It feels safer to hold steady, to remain constant and familiar, but we need change as much as we need the air we breathe. Change comes in all shapes and sizes. It can be as small as shifting our position on the couch or as large as moving to a new continent or anything in between. Right now, the greatest change I need is a shift in perspective. I’m waiting, and I’m tired of waiting. I have plans to travel in a few days, and I have plans to prepare for farther travel a few days after that. All of my plans are for some point in the future, but I only get to live for today. What I decide to do today will determine the quality of my life today. None of us is ever promised tomorrow, so I better find some way to get myself in gear.