In the past, I often said things like “When I …, I will …” or “Once I …, I …”. But now I realize that these phrases tend to make me see the “present” as something temporary, and the “future” as something permanent.
Yet every “present” is constantly turning into the “past” — not the “future”. As a result, I end up wasting every single present moment while clinging to the illusion of a “stable future” in my mind.
That’s why I’ve decided to stop using phrases like “Once I …, I …” as much as possible. Instead, I’ll live by the mantra: “Better do it now than put it off till later.”

Clean my room, reorganize my desk, and do a perfect server configuration; it all starts now.