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# Don't wait
- URL: https://www.gilespcroft.com/dont-wait/
- Published: 2026-05-20T06:00:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-20T06:00:38.000Z
- Description: What possible value could there be in *waiting* to be happy? 🤦🏻
- Author: Giles P Croft
- Tags: Gratitude, Richard Carlson, Quick insight, Attention, IMPLICATIONS

Every now and again, my [Richard Carlson](https://www.gilespcroft.com/tag/richard-carlson/) page-a-day calendar makes me sit up and listen.

Like this one. It seems so obvious—too obvious, even—and then you slow down and realise how right it is:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/f3/9bf3d316-7d32-494b-814f-a7d94d6358c3/content/images/2026/05/2026-05-20-Carlson-Page-A-Day---Grateful-now.jpg)

(You're looking at [next year's](https://amzn.to/4dgWs8w?ref=gilespcroft.com), now.)

What possible value could there be, in *waiting* to be happy?

When all you get, is Now.

💝

Giles

p.s. I remember listening to a brilliant audio programme, years ago—[*Conquering Procrastination*](https://amzn.to/4djU0hw?ref=gilespcroft.com), it was called—where this insidious little practice was referred to as ‘procrastinating on living’. 😙👌

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