How I Finally Stopped Saying “Someday” (and Launched a Podcast)

Today, I launched a podcast: Unstoppable Ultrarunner.

It’s a huge step. One I’ve been circling for years. And like signing up for a big, intimidating race, getting here took more than time and effort. It took becoming someone different. Someone who no longer said “maybe someday,” and started saying “why not me?”

For a long time, this wasn’t something I could picture myself doing.

I’d think, “That’s for other people. Not me.”

I’d tell myself I didn’t have time. Or that I didn’t know enough. Or that I wasn’t ready. And I believed it.

Sound familiar?

It’s the same story I hear from runners when they talk about a race that really scares them. The desire is there—but so is the doubt. And the delay. And underneath both is usually this quiet belief: That’s not who I am. Not yet. Maybe someday.

I told myself I’d start the podcast next year, when I had more space, more confidence, more answers. But next year never came—because I was still seeing myself as someone who wasn’t quite ready.

The real problem wasn’t time or knowledge.

It was identity.

I was holding on to the version of me who only thought about doing bold things in this arena. Who admired other people doing them. But who wasn’t quite enough to do them.

Eventually, I got tired of hearing myself say “someday.” I didn’t want to keep living in the gap between what I wanted and what I allowed myself to believe I could do.

So I did the hardest thing: I let go of that old version of me. I told myself a new story about who I was.

You’re not someone who might start a podcast - you’re someone who is.

You’re smart—you’ll figure it out.

You’re committed—you’ll find the time.

You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain.

That shift changed everything.

I set a deadline. I got help. I learned the skills I didn’t yet have. And I started taking small, consistent steps—like I’ve helped so many runners do when they finally commit to their race.

But the biggest step wasn’t tactical. It was internal.

I started believing I was someone who could do this. Just like you need to start believing you’re someone who can run that scary race. Or go after that new distance. Or finish what you start.

Now, the podcast is out in the world. It’s real.

But the identity work isn’t done. And honestly, it never really is and to me, that’s exciting.

I’m still getting used to calling myself a podcaster—just like you might be getting used to calling yourself a mountain runner, or a 100-mile runner, or a mentally tough ultrarunner who doesn’t quit.

Big goals demand us to become someone bigger. And that’s what makes them worth chasing.

So if there’s a race or a dream you’ve been pushing off until you feel ready—maybe it’s not more readiness you need. Maybe it’s just permission to see yourself differently.

To become someone who finishes, you have to leave behind the version of you who waits.