Matthew Dicks - Someday Is Today: 22 Simple, Actionable Ways to Propel Your Creative Life

Someday Is Today is a real, honest, and thought-provoking solution for hacking your productivity. This book was absolutely inspiring for me, as someone who needs to make the most of his time. If youre looking for ways to streamline your life, this is a must-read!

Nelson Dellis, USA Memory Champion and author of Remember It! and Memory Superpowers!

This is one of the most inspiring books Ive ever read. Matthew Dicks is an incredible writer and storyteller, and this book has made me feel like I can do anything I set my heart to. His strategies are simple, profound, and eminently doable and they deliver the results they promise.

Dr. Ali Abdaal, productivity YouTuber

Folks often ask me, How have you been so productive and written fifty books? Ive been a bit too busy to answer . Fortunately, Matthew Dicks has supplied the complete answer in his wonderful new book. Want to be really productive and, more importantly, live your life purposes every day? Then Someday Is Today is the book for you.

Eric Maisel, author of Coaching the Artist Within and more than fifty other books

A practical and stimulating map to carpe diem. With wit, warmth, hard-earned wisdom, and a narrative that jumps off the page with signature style, Matthew Dicks leads us step-by-step with a fail-proof plan to rescue and reclaim our time and attention, harness our energy efficiently, and get us moving in the direction of our dreams. He then kindly kicks us off the couch to make the most of our lives, not someday, but today and every day. Seize this book!

Meredith Heller, author of Write a Poem, Save Your Life

Youre going to learn how to make productivity nuggets out of your black holes, and youre going to learn how to have the mindset of a person who gets things done without having your goals hijack all your free time.... This book will inspire you and give you the tools to turn your inspiration into accomplishment.

from the foreword by Elysha Dicks, cofounder of Speak Up

Someday Is Today is the most frustrating, inspiring, uncomfortable book. It is, without a doubt, one of the best books I have ever read.

Kate Norris, public speaking consultant, mother, and person who desperately wants to do more with her time

It is amazing how much time we can make for the things that really matter....[Matt] has absolutely made me more conscious of what I do want and what I need to do to be there. That is a gift we can all benefit from.

from the afterword by Matthew Shepard, communications consultant

Brisk, upbeat, and slightly subversive, this book bats away every single excuse and leaves you inspired to get busy creating a life that matters to you. Youll even discover why its good to be a chicken.

Sam Bennett, author of Get It Done

Praise for Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks

I laughed, gasped, took notes, and carried this book around like a dear friend.

Sarah McCoy, New York Times bestselling author of Marilla of Green Gables and The Bakers Daughter

Holy moly! Mathew Dicks is right every one of us has a story to tell. And whether onstage or on the page, this master of the craft pulls us into his world, entertaining, instructing, and inspiring with every word.

Susan Gregg Gilmore, author of Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen

Matthew Dicks is dazzling as a storyteller and equally brilliant in his ability to deconstruct this skill and make it accessible to others.

David A. Ross, MD, PhD, director, Yale Psychiatry Residency Training Program

FICTION

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend

The Other Mother

The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs

Something Missing

Twenty-One Truths about Love: A Novel

Unexpectedly, Milo

NONFICTION

Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling

Copyright 2022 by Matthew Dicks

All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, or other without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.

The material in this book is intended for education. No expressed or implied guarantee of the effects of the use of the recommendations can be given or liability taken. The authors experiences used as examples throughout this book are true, although identifying details have been changed to protect privacy.

Lyrics from Code Monkey are used with permission of Jonathan Coulton.

Text design by Tona Pearce Myers

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Dicks, Matthew, author. | Dicks, Elysha, writer of foreword.

Title: Someday is today : 22 simple, actionable ways to propel your creative life / Matthew Dicks ; foreword by Elysha Dicks.

Description: Novato, California : New World Library, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: A noted storyteller and novelist offers strategies to help creative people of all kinds including writers, musicians, artists, and entrepreneurs increase their creative output, manage time effectively, and achieve long-term goals in their chosen field-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022003586 (print) | LCCN 2022003587 (ebook) | ISBN 9781608687503 (paperback) | ISBN 9781608687510 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Creative ability. | Time management. | Goal (Psychology)

Classification: LCC BF408 .D533 2022 (print) | LCC BF408 (ebook) | DDC 153.3/5--dc23/eng/20220315

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022003586

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022003587

First printing, June 2022

ISBN 978-1-60868-750-3

Ebook ISBN 978-1-60868-751-0

Printed in Canada on 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper

New World Library is proud to be a Gold Certified Environmentally Responsible Publisher. Publisher certification awarded by Green Press Initiative.

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For Plato, the boss I always wanted, the mentor I always needed, the friend I never expected.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

P ABLO P ICASSO

Being married to a productivity expert is not always easy. It is, however, my cross to bear. And my husband isnt even just an average productivity expert, like someone whos really organized and whose friends ask them to come over to give advice on how to rearrange their garage. No. My husband is so consistently and admirably productive that he has written a book on this subject. One that you are presumably about to read.