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.
7. The ‘What If I Start Now?’ Loop: This is the classic pre-action thought. It appears randomly — during chai, traffic, office breaks. You imagine what would happen if you just opened a learning playlist today. Standby is this gentle loop of “What if?” repeating until one day it becomes “Why not?”
Q7. Does the thought “I should just start” come to your mind often?