Who are you waiting for permission from before you take action?   Once upon a time there was a prince. He wanted nothing more than to fall in love and get married. When he came of age, he waited for his parents to set him up with someone they felt would be worthy of his love and affection. At first they were busy running things in the kingdom, so he waited longer. Then a war broke out and his parents had to deal with that. Then some opportunities to expand the kingdom came up and they were busy with those. And before he knew it, the prince had been waiting for years for his parents to find someone for him. He finally confronted them about it, upset that he’d been alone all this time. They were puzzled, hugged him and asked him ‘why didn’t you go out and find someone? You didn’t need our permission!’  Who do you think you need permission from to go after the thing you want? Most of the time, we are scared to act, so we find reasons and excuses not to. Most of the time, the mantra ‘ don’t ask first, just apologize later if you have to’ applies.    Get out of your own way and go do the thing!