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"Inspired me to ask myself why and to stop postponing the forgotten dreams." ―Geneen Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Women Food and God and This Messy Magnificent Life
Full of inspirational insights and advice, lifehacks, and real-world examples, Someday is Not a Day in the Week is CEO Sam Horn’s motivational guide to help readers get what they want in life today rather than "someday."
Are you:
• Working, working, working?
• Busy taking care of everyone but yourself?
• Wondering what to do with the rest of your life?
• Planning to do what makes you happy someday when you have more time, money, or freedom?
What if someday never happens? As the Buddha said, “The thing is, we think we have time.”
Sam Horn is a woman on a mission about not waiting for SOMEDAY ... and this is her manifesto. Her dad’s dream was to visit all the National Parks when he retired. He worked six to seven days a week for decades. A week into his long-delayed dream, he had a stroke. Sam doesn’t want that to happen to you. She took her business on the road for a Year by the Water. During her travels, she asked people, “Do you like your life? Your job? If so, why? If not, why not?”
The surprising insights about what makes people happy or unhappy, what they’re doing about it (or not), and why...will inspire you to carve out time for what truly matters now, not later.
Life is much too precious to postpone. It’s time to put yourself in your own story. The good news is, there are “hacks” you can do right now to make your life more of what you want it to be. And you don’t have to be selfish, quit your job, or win the lottery to do them. Sam Horn offers actionable, practical advice in short, snappy chapters to show you how to get started on your best life ― now.
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSt. Martin's Press
- Publication dateMarch 12, 2019
- Dimensions6.31 x 1.16 x 8.36 inches
- ISBN-101250201225
- ISBN-13978-1250201225
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"With each page I turned, I remembered one more thing I’d once promised myself to do that I hadn’t done, that I kept putting off, assuming there would always be more time. Sam’s book inspired me to ask myself why and to stop postponing the forgotten dreams. It’s such a lovely, joyful read." ―Geneen Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Women Food and God and This Messy Magnificent Life
"Sam Horn is the gentle guru who can brush aside your excuses to avoid the passage into your glorious Second Adulthood! She’ll excite you to pursue your 'someday' dream NOW." ―Gail Sheehy, author of Passages and Daring: My Passages
"Sam has a special talent at helping you recognize and then achieve what you really want. She's one of the reasons my first book exists. I highly recommend her book to anyone who's stuck or wants to turn their dreams into reality." ―Kamal Ravikant, bestselling author of Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It, Live Your Truth, and Rebirth
"A beautiful road map for how to stop procrastinating on what's important to you. The time to start pursuing your dreams is now. And Sam Horn is here to help you make it happen." ―Alex Banayan, author of the national bestseller The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
“In a culture where being busy is tied to our identity, this book cuts straight to the heart of the matter. With important steps to help us make the most out of our life, with less doing and more being."―Shannon Kaiser, bestselling author of The Self-Love Experiment
“In this handy little book, Horn recommends not waiting to build a fulfilling life but starting right now…Out of literally dozens of tips and ideas, readers should be able to find at least one to employ to make their lives better.”–Library Journal
"Ready for a reset? The inspiring stories and marching orders in this book will transform your life―for good."
―Jenna Arnold, co-founder of ORGANIZE, and National Organizer for the Women's March on Washington
"Do you keep promising yourself you'll take that trip of a lifetime someday? What if that never happens? Sam Horn's book is just the catalyst you need to stop procrastinating and make your dreams come true now, not later." ―Sean Keener, Founder of BootsNAll, the #1 network for independent travelers
"This book is just the kick in the pants you need to build a more fulfilling life." ―Laura Vanderkam, author of Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done
"Sam Horn is one of the bright lights and most accessible wisdom sharers in our culture today. InSomeday is Not a Day in the Week, Sam takes us on a rich, emotional and valuable journey to a more fulfilling, joyful life. A journey we can’t afford to put off until someday." ―Sheri Salata, Former Executive Producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show and CoHost of This is Fifty with Sheri + Nancy
"Self-disruption is the key to achieving happiness and Sam Horn's refreshing new book gives readers 10 actionable life hacks to change the quality of their personal and professional lives. This is a guide book for anyone seeking personal transformation and a more purposeful life." ―Jay Samit, bestselling author of Disrupt You!
"Are you stuck? Think the best is behind you? Read Sam Horn’s thrilling and highly practical new book, Some Day is Not a Day in the Week. Her amazing stories help you blast through whatever boulders are in your path. Make room for more joy, more time, and a richer life. Make your Someday Today." ―Nell Merlino, Creator, Take Our Daughters to Work Day and Born Worthy
"Are you happy with your life and work as they are―or are you ready to reinvent yourself and reimagine your future? Sam Horn's essential new book will inspire you and show you the path to create a meaningful, rewarding next act―starting today." ―Dorie Clark, author of Reinventing You and adjunct professor, Duke University Fuqua School of Business
"Sam Horn makes a compelling case for how we can be more playful, purposeful, and passionate about our life and work NOW, not someday." ―Radha Agrawal, Founder of Daybreaker and author of Belong
“Upbeat and inspiring yet refreshingly pragmatic, this book can help you clarify your NEXT!” ―Graham Hill, Founder/CEO of Life Edited, TED speaker on Less Stuff, More Happiness
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Someday Is Not a Day in the Week
10 Hacks to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life
By Sam HornSt. Martin's Press
Copyright © 2019 Sam HornAll rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-250-20122-5
Contents
Title Page,Copyright Notice,
Epigraph,
Dedication,
Introduction,
LIFE HACK 1: EVALUATE Your Happiness History,
1. Play Hooky for a Day,
2. Remember the Golden Days,
3. Adopt a Sense of Urgency,
LIFE HACK 2: GENERATE a Today, Not Someday Dream,
4. Clarify What You Want,
5. Put a Date on the Calendar,
LIFE HACK 3: ABDICATE Outdated Beliefs and Behaviors,
6. Just Say No to Naysayers,
7. Let It Go, Let It Go, Let It Go,
8. Stop Driving into Hurricanes,
LIFE HACK 4: INITIATE Daily Actions That Move Your Life Forward,
9. You Don't Have to Know to Go,
10. Honor the Nudges, Connect the Dots,
11. Put Yourself in Your Own Story,
12. Beware of the Rubber Band of Routine Snapping Back,
LIFE HACK 5: CELEBRATE What's Right with Life, Right Here, Right Now,
13. Live in Day-Right Compartments,
14. Get Out of Your Head and Come to Your Senses,
15. Get a Move On,
16. Free Up Time for Fun,
17. Be Wealthy in What Matters,
LIFE HACK 6: AFFILIATE with People Who Have Your Back and Front,
18. Launch Your Ship in Public,
19. Create a Community of One,
LIFE HACK 7: INTEGRATE Your Passion and Profession,
20. Blend Your Work and Recreation,
21. Don't Wait for Work You Love; Create Work You Love,
LIFE HACK 8: NEGOTIATE for What You Want, Need, and Deserve,
22. Stop Trying to Make People Happy; You're Not Chocolate,
23. If You Don't Ask, the Answer's Always No,
LIFE HACK 9: INNOVATE a Fresh Start,
24. Quit Watering Dead Plants,
25. Do the Opposite of Your Always,
LIFE HACK 10: RELOCATE to Greener Pastures,
26. Give Yourself a GFS—Geographic Fresh Start,
27. Come Full Circle,
28. Welcome What's Next,
Epilogue: Onward,
Acknowledgments,
Resources,
SOMEDAY Made Me Do It,
Readers' Guide,
Also by Sam Horn,
Additional Praise for Sam Horn and Someday Is Not a Day in the Week,
About the Author,
Copyright,
CHAPTER 1
Play Hooky for a Day
"Exhaustion is not a status symbol."
— BRENÉ BROWN
I had just wrapped up an intense two-day consulting job in Southern California. I was sitting in my rental car, trying to drum up the energy to drive to the airport and catch a plane back to D.C.
My phone rang. It was my son, Andrew, who was helping me with my business. He must have sensed something in my voice because he asked, "Whazzup, Mom?"
"Andrew, I'm so exhausted, I don't even know how I'm going to get on the plane tonight. I've got to take a red-eye and then turn around in a couple days and fly back to the West Coast."
He paused, then decided to jump in. "Mom, there's something about you I don't understand. You've created a life where you can do anything you want and you're not taking advantage of it."
Wow. Out of the mouths of twenty-somethings.
He didn't stop there, "Why don't you stay there the next few days? I'll book you a hotel and you can handle your business from there."
Andrew was right. No one was forcing me to fly back to the East Coast. I was my own boss. I could do what I wanted. A half hour later, I was checking into the Laguna Beach Hotel. A half hour later, I was falling asleep to the sounds of the ocean outside my open window. Bliss.
The next day I followed another piece of Andrew's advice. He had said, "Mom, you've been working so hard, you deserve a break. Why don't you play hooky for a day? I've got this."
What a concept. As a single mom and small business owner, I'd been going nonstop for decades. The thought of waking up when I wanted and not having back-to-back appointments all day made me feel like a little kid getting away with something.
Sleeping in the next morning was sumptuous. I dawdled over a cup of coffee and then headed into town to explore. As I strolled Main Street, I was drawn as if by a magnet to a bookstore. I gravitated to the writers' section and started thumbing through old favorites by Anne Lamott and Julia Cameron. As I did a voice welled up in me, "I am a writer. That's who I am."
The voice was as real as if someone were speaking to me. Actually, someone was speaking to me. The author I'd buried in busyness. The author who spent most of her time consulting, who'd had no time to work on a new book for two years.
Please understand, I was grateful for my career. Katharine Graham of The Washington Post said, "To do what you love and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun?" Well, the only thing that could be more fun is to do work you love with people you enjoy and respect and get paid for it. That's what I got to do, so I was not looking a gift source (intentional) in the mouth.
Still, what this day of hooky was bringing up was that I had set aside a passion for my profession. I spent most of my time helping other people get their work out in the world instead of getting my own work out in the world. And it was taking a toll on my soul.
Standing in that bookstore, inspired by the muse, I promised myself I'd get up early every morning and write, just like bestselling author John Grisham did before he hit it big with his blockbusters. I headed back to my hotel, turned the desk so it faced the ocean, and spent the rest of that day gazing out at the water and drafting my next book.
Gloria Steinem said, "Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else." That's how writing feels to me too. When I'm getting thoughts out of my head and onto paper (or my laptop), I feel like I'm doing what I was born to do. The world slips away and I am in my element. What does that for you?
What Would You Do If You Could Play Hooky?
"Tomorrow is another day. But so was yesterday."
— RENE RICARD
What is it that, when you're doing it, you don't want to be doing anything else? How long has it been since you've had time to do that?
If you could play hooky for a day — and there would be no repercussions and your responsibilities would be taken care of — what would you do?
A thirty-something named Carl said, "If I could play hooky for a day, I'd spend it in a garden digging my hands into the soil and planting things. I grew up on a farm. My parents put me in charge of our family garden when I was ten. I felt so grown up that they entrusted me with that. I spent hours watering, weeding, planting, and picking. I loved it so much I wasn't even aware of the passage of time. I left home for college and then stayed here in the city to work. I didn't realize until right now how much gardening meant to me and how much I miss it."
I told him, "When you have something that makes you feel that good, it's like having the answers to the test. There's no mystery about what would make you happier. All you need to do is find a garden and start spending some time in it."
He said, "Sam, I live in an apartment building downtown. That's not going to happen."
"Get creative. I bet there's a community garden somewhere near you. Or maybe even a botanical garden that welcomes volunteers. Could you check that out?"
Guess what? Carl now spends a couple mornings a month in the potting shed and greenhouse of a friend who's a commercial landscaper. He told me, "This is ideal. I get to dig my hands in the dirt and work with plants whenever I want — or not — and it doesn't cost a thing."
When You Daydream ... What Do You Daydream About?
"If you ask people, 'What is your passion,' they often freeze. They feel as if they have to give an amazing answer like 'Feed the world's orphans.'"
— DAN PINK
Please understand, what you do on your day of hooky doesn't have to be grandiose. Like Dan Pink said, it doesn't have to be "amazing" or noble. This is your day. You get to do exactly what you want without apologies or "shoulds." It can be a bucket list of things you've been putting off or an all-day nap. You have complete freedom to do what's been calling you.
Still not sure what that might be? This Happiness Quiz can help. It only takes a few minutes and can help you identify specific things that could make you happier now, not someday.
Here's how to take the quiz. Have you ever played a word- association game in which someone asks a question, and you're supposed to say the first thing that comes to mind? That's what you want to do here. Please write down whatever pops into your mind, even if it's not "nice." No one needs to see this unless you want them to. You won't be graded on your answers; it's not like a job interview where you're supposed to say something like "I'm a perfectionist. I don't stop until I get it right" when you're asked "What's your weakness?" If you tell the truth, and nothing but the truth, this little quiz can clarify what's not working in your life and what you'd rather do so you can start making positive changes.
The Four-Minute–Four-Box Happiness Quiz
Square 1. "What are you doing in your life that you want to do?" Walking your dog? Reading? Running your own business? Having date nights with your spouse?
Square 2. "What are you not doing in your life that you want to do?" Not losing weight? Not changing jobs? Not exercising? Not spending time with friends? Not having sex?
Square 3. "What are you doing in your life that you don't want to do?" Commuting? Racking up credit-card debt? Fighting with a family member? Watching too much TV?
Square 4. "What are you not doing in your life that you don't want to do?" Yes, this is a double negative. It's an important question though because it identifies unhealthy behaviors you're keeping out of your life. Maybe you used to smoke, don't anymore, and you're happy about that.
Analyzing the Results from the Happiness Quiz
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."
— ANDY WARHOL
When you're finished, look at the responses in Squares 1 and 4. That's what's right with your life. This is what is contributing to your happiness.
Now, look at the answers in Squares 2 and 3. That's what's wrong with your life. This is what is compromising your happiness.
Please note, none of us is perfect so we'll always have responses in Squares 2 and 3. You know what the question is? How long? How long have you been doing these things you don't want to do? How long have you not been doing things you want to do?
John Foster Dulles said, "The mark of a successful organization isn't whether it has problems; it's whether it has the same problems it had last year." The same is true of us. As humans, we'll always have problems. The question is, are they the same problems we had last year and the year before that? If so, that's a good indicator we're living in someday land.
"Somedays" lurk in Squares 2 and 3. These are priorities we've been telling ourselves we'll act on someday when we have more time, money, whatever. These are regrets waiting to happen.
Maybe you're thinking, "Sam, give me a break. I'm working sixty hours a week. I don't have the luxury to act on the things in Squares 2 and 3."
I understand. The good news is, you don't need to change everything at once. That's not realistic. If you take action on one thing in Square 2 or 3, it can set up a positive ripple effect that compensates for other aspects of your life that are not to your liking. What's your one thing?
Doing One Thing Differently Can Set up a Positive Ripple Effect
"Is there ever any particular spot where one can put one's finger and say, 'It all began that day, at such a time and such a place, with such an incident?'"
— AGATHA CHRISTIE
Guess what the most frequent answer in Square 3 is? Social media. Specifically, spending too much time online mindlessly scrolling Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other online forums.
One woman told me, "I read an article about tech addiction. I'm embarrassed to admit this but I have all the signs. It is pretty much what I do anytime I have spare time."
I asked, "Have you seen the research that says the more time we spend online, the more lonely, depressed, and unhappy we are? I think social media is the catch-22 of happiness. Not only does the constant comparison to other people's lives sabotage our self- esteem, it gobbles up hours we could be using for more meaningful activities. How do you plan to change this?"
"That article suggested we have rules. No phone in the bedroom or during meals. Schedule two social media times a day and never as soon as we wake up or just before we go to bed. I'm going to hold myself accountable for changing this, because I already know that when I look back at my life, I will regret wasting so much time on something that won't matter in the long run."
I told her, "That is a perfect example of how one thing can positively impact everything. It can improve your relationship with your kids, your husband, and your friends because you're giving them your full attention instead of distractedly checking your phone. It can free up time to journal or read a good book or get outside for a walk instead of spending hours staring at a little piece of plastic. It can reverse a mindless habit that adds no enduring value and can open up time for more uplifting activities. Good for you for setting up that positive ripple effect."
Find a Better Way
"There's a way to do it better — find it."
— THOMAS EDISON
Want another example of someone who changed one thing that set up a positive ripple effect?
A man in one of my workshops said, "I grew up playing just about every sport our school offered. Being an athlete was my identity. I married my college sweetheart and we had three kids. She died in an automobile accident when our sons were twelve, fourteen, and sixteen. I moved back to Minnesota so my mom and dad could help raise the boys. I've been working two jobs since then to make ends meet and save enough money to put them through college.
"All my answers in Squares 2 and 3 were around my health and weight. What I was doing that I didn't want to do was eating everything in sight and being a couch potato. What I wasn't doing that I wanted to do was working out, playing sports, and meeting women.
"Filling out that quiz helped me realize it was past time for me to do something about this. I went online and discovered our local shopping mall has a walking club that meets three mornings a week. That was perfect for me because it's free; it's inside (we have long, cold winters); it's at 7:30 a.m. so I can get in my walk and still get to work on time. Plus, it's a way to get back into shape without killing myself. The best part? I'm meeting women! We circuit the mall six times and talk the whole way. It's the best thing I've done for myself in years."
I love his story because it shows, once again, how doing one thing differently can improve our happiness on multiple levels.
Baseball player Mickey Mantle said, "If I knew I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself." Are you taking care of yourself? Now that you've identified a priority in Square 2 or 3 where you are not taking care of something important to you, the next step is to envision how you intend to do it differently.
What Won't You Do on Your Day of Hooky?
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
— FERRIS BUELLER
Did you see John Hughes's movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off? In it, lead character Matthew Broderick skips school with some friends. He "borrows" a Ferrari and they cruise around Chicago, catching a Cubs game, dining at a four-fork restaurant, and joining a parade. Their goal is to "carpe diem" — to seize the day and have the time of their life.
Look at that phrase, have the time of their life. Are you having the time of your life or are you wasting the time of your life? Are you seizing the day or waiting for some day?
There is another insight from that movie worth noting. When Ferris's friends ask, "What are we going to do with our day of hooky?" he smiles and says, "The question isn't what are we going to do. The question is, what aren't we going to do?"
When considering how to spend your day of hooky, it may be easier to start with what you aren't going to do. Ferris didn't want to waste a beautiful spring day sitting inside at a desk. He wanted to have fun with his friends while they still could, before they all went their separate ways.
How about you? What are you not going to do on your day? Remember, this is a pretend day so you don't have to be practical. You get to do exactly as you please, so use your imagination.
Are you thinking, "I've got so much going on, there's no way I can take a day off."
That's what Jenelle, a twenty-something told me. She said, "I'm taking a full load of courses and waitressing to pay my way through college. If I'm not in class, I'm studying or at the restaurant. I don't have a free afternoon, much less a free day."
Understood. If that's the case with you, play hooky in your mind and imagine a hooky hour. What would give you a well- deserved break from your have-tos?
As you'll discover in chapter 10, it's not selfish to carve out an hour to do something you enjoy; it can compensate for parts of your life you can't control.
Now that you've explored what could put the light in your eyes, it's time to identify what other factors have influenced your happiness — for better or for worse.
CHAPTER 2Remember the Golden Days
"Success is not about wealth, fame or power, but how many shining eyes I have around me."
— BEN ZANDER
I was surrounded by shining eyes. It was my birthday, a significant one, and friends and family had flown in from around the country to join me for a weekend celebration. We started with a "This Is Your Life" quiz show with friends Mary and Denise asking questions of the crowd to see if they knew: "Which is of these is true? That Sam played tennis at the White House and President Ford's Golden Retriever stole the tennis balls? That Sam gave gum to her 4-H sheep to keep them quiet during county fair judging contests? Or that Sam competed in the Folsom Rodeo barrel-racing competition when she was in college?" Answer? All of them.
The next day we went for a walk around the lake and returned for a home-cooked meal, whipped up from scratch by epicurean Judy Gray. We sat around "talking-story," as they say in Hawaii. Nisha shared highlights of her recent trip to Egypt including her visit with a shaman. A left-brainer who's not a fan of spirituality said, "I don't know what to do with shamans." Judy piped up from the kitchen, "Just don't squeeze them." (You may need to be a boomer to remember this tagline from the famous Charmin commercial with Mr. Whipple.)
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Sam Horn, known as the Intrigue Expert, helps people create one-of-a-kind presentations, pitches, brands, and books that scale their income, impact, and influence - for good.
Her work - including SOMEDAY Is Not A Day in The Week, Tongue Fu! ®, POP! and the Washington Post bestseller Got Your Attention? - has been featured in New York Times, Fast Company, Forbes, Investors Business Daily, Foreign Service Journal, and INC.
Her inspiring presentations at SXSW, Asian Leadership Conference, Fortune 500 Forum, and for Boeing, Intel, Cisco, Accenture, ASAE, National Geographic, the U.S. Navy, YPO and EO, and Four Seasons Resorts receive high evaluations for featuring original insights and stories, laugh-out-loud anecdotes, and actionable recommendations people often use immediately to produce real-world results.
She was the pitch coach for British Airways Face2Face competition and for Springboard Enterprises, which has helped entrepreneurs such as Robin Chase of Zipcar and Gail Goodman of Constant Contact receive $36+ billion in funding.
She is renowned for her ability to help people create intriguing, purposeful, original communications that help them break out instead of blend in. Her consulting clients include Terry Jones, (founder of Travelocity), Gail Sheehy (author of Passages), Charlie Pellerin (Project Manager for the Hubble Telescope), and Betsy Myers, (COO of Obama's first Presidential Campaign.)
Her TEDx talk on INTRIGUE has been viewed by 491,000 people and shows how we can connect with anyone, anytime - why we should NEVER give an elevator SPEECH - and what to do instead.
Connect with Sam directly at www.samhorn.com
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- Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2019Have you ever felt stuck or stymied in your life path? Or know someone in your circle of friends who does? SOMEDAY (is not a day in the week) is the perfect book to help move us along toward joy, wisdom, and fulfillment. Written by a talented and gifted author, SOMEDAY is full of inspiring stories, relevant quotes, meaningful diagrams and charts, and useful resources. As a bereavement trauma specialist, I hear too many people on their deathbed wishing for a "life do-over." This book motivates us to live like today is the only day we are guaranteed to have before it's too late and we run out of time, energy, or health to do what we truly love and hold close to our hearts. As a psychologist, I can think of so many people who can benefit from reading SOMEDAY - millennials not knowing their next step, those at mid life experiencing a crisis of identify or faith, those nearing retirement wondering what their next purpose will be.....and the list goes on: Women and caregivers looking out for everyone else while their own lives and goals are on the back burner and men and women feeling as if they are stuck in dead-end jobs. One of my favorite quotes in this book is Sam Horn's recommendation to "Do something every day that puts the light in your eyes." We don't always have to radically change our lives to find meaningful happiness yet most of us live on automatic pilot without truly exploring even small changes or life hacks that provide us with greater fulfillment and well-being. Kudos to Sam Horn for writing a book that challenges and nudges each of us to make sure that we don't leave this life full of unfulfilled dreams and deep regrets.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2019Most of us have a nagging suspicion that our lives should be different. Yet we don’t know where to begin making the change. In this book, legendary speaking coach Sam Horn provides us with ten simple strategies to get us started.
Sam is a master at putting powerful ideas into simple actionable packages, as her ten previous books attest. Here she first has us mine our history to understand what has made us happy in the past and what we imagine will make us happy in the future.
Her next step is to have us translate that into an activity that we will complete by a finite date. When confront yourself in this way, old thoughts and beliefs often pop up, and Sam’s third life hack is to learn how to let go of these.
From there she moves on to the short term. What can you do today that will move your life forward? It doesn’t have to be enormous, it can be small, but it must move you toward your bigger goal.
She then has you notice what is working well in your life, and affirm the people who are nurturing you on your journey.
She begins the book with her moving story of her father. His dream was to visit all the national parks in the U.S. when he retired. For decades, he worked six to seven days a week. Finally, after retirement, he began his long delayed dream.
A week into the trip, in a hotel bathroom, he had a stroke. He never got to visit the Grand Tetons, the Great Smoky Mountains, or Zion. He never got to do the very thing he had dreamed of his entire life. This motivated Sam to write this inspiring and touching book.
Consider using her hacks to create time for what truly matters to you now, not later. Life is much too precious to postpone. The ten small changes that Sam recommends in this book can make you happier, healthier, and more fulfilled. To actualize them, you don’t have to win the lottery, quit work, or leave your family. This book will motivate you to stop procrastinating and create a life that embodies your dreams.
This review appears in the journal Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2024Thoroughly enjoyed this, an easy read with great quotes and stories. Recommend for anyone looking to change up your life.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2022Sam Horn's excellent book SOMEDAY IS NOT A DAY OF THE WEEK is a motivating read for anyone interested in moving from “wishing” to “doing.” Through vivid examples and engaging prose, Sam Horn's book is one I return to frequently as I try to find purpose and meaning each day in these challenging times of uncertainty. It’s a book I recommend to friends of all ages because it is written with a voice of authenticity.
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- Konstantinos K.Reviewed in Germany on October 4, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Be the pilot in your life
I wish they had taught us in school how to pursue happiness in our life. As instructed in the book “Put a Date on the Calendar” and be specific in order to do anything you really want to do but keep postponing. You will find a lot of practical techniques on how to be the pilot in your life. Highly recommended to anyone who wants to live meaningfully and happily.