POLLS : Standby;

Everywhere you look today — campuses, offices, coffee shops — people sit with laptops open, waiting for the “right moment” to begin something meaningful. Standby is that quiet pause before a shift. It’s readiness disguised as waiting.

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4. The Not-Yet-But-Soon Feeling: Every big decision has this stage where you’re circling the idea, reading one more article, asking one more friend, waiting for the right cue. It’s like hovering your finger over the “Enroll” button — the hesitation is not fear, it’s alignment.

Q4. Are you circling around a new idea but waiting for the right moment to begin?