What's Stopping You?

Dear America,

 It's times like this where I start to lament over the fact that there are things I wish I could go back and do over again. It seems as though things keep getting put on hold in order to meet some new deadline, which is immediately followed up by another deadline. I was going to visit Japan, but then work got in the way. I was going to start exercising more and then the Coronavirus happened. I'll finally get back to writing books when I get my degree, but then I might hold off more when I pursue getting another degree. I would've asked her out, but I needed to wait for that mythical "right time." It reminds me of the musings of a different type of wanderer...
Someday? Someday my dream will come? One night you will wake up and discover it never happened. It's all turned around on you. It never will. Suddenly you are old. Didn't happen, and it never will, because you were never going to do it anyway. You'll push it into memory and then zone out in your barco lounger, being hypnotized by daytime TV for the rest of your life. -Vincent*
Back in the day, when I served in the military, the running portion of the physical fitness test was incredibly difficult for me. I failed the test on more than a few occasions, typically by less than thirty seconds. I remember after each time that I would think that if I had just pushed a little harder; if I could've just been a bit more focused; and willing to grit my teeth through the pain a little more, I would've passed. I eventually did succeed in my running, but the point I'm making is that I have found myself observing my past actions in a similar manner.

 I think it's good to have regrets as we can learn from them. Through the course of my life, I have failed spectacularly at certain things, but I suppose that I would be a different man had I succeeded or not even tried. I think the only mistakes I've made that I wish I could take back would be the ones where someone else paid the price for them.

 Do you have regrets? Is there anything you're waiting to do? What's stopping you? Is it actually stopping you, or is it merely giving you a reason to hold off? 

 As a guy who likes to plan things out, I'm certainly not encouraging running off half-cocked, but I think we need to avoid getting complacent in life. If we spend all day planning, we may wake up realizing that we never actually did anything.

 Sincerely,
Calhoun

 *Collateral. (2004, August 6). Paramount Pictures.

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