Joanna,

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thank you for taking the time to comment.

I like exchanging "I am going to" for "I am doing it now" as well. I've found, for me, the best trick to help with that is silence. In a world where there's too much chatter it is too easy to mistake words and declarations for action; the two line up often, but when the relationship between them breaks it creates frustration.

Some of the more powerful decisions in my life were made when I stopped talking it through in my head and just sat for a while with the feeling of dissatisfaction, and then--without self-narration--got up and fixed the problem with my arms and my legs instead of trying to talk through things with words.

It's hard to articulate the difference between those ways of doing things, and I am sure that to many people it must seem very pedantic. But I get the impression that you have a similar experience, and that you are just using a slightly different language to describe it--there is something magical about the moment when the mental chatter quiets and your body and soul take their first tentative steps towards meaningful action, and a real solution.

Best wishes,

J