Three simple words can carry the weight of regret or reveal the possibility of change:

I wish I.

In this episode of the Three Word Podcast, Lisa reflects on the wishes people often carry through their careers, relationships, and personal lives.

We want to build something meaningful, become a stronger version of ourselves, and create deeper relationships. Yet when progress feels slow, it can be tempting to stop before our effort has time to produce results.

Lisa also shares what caring for her 95-year-old mother and supporting her wife Olivia through cancer taught her about time, presence, and the danger of waiting for someday.

When people look back on their lives, they may wish they had spent more time with the people they loved, trusted themselves enough to take more chances, and worried less while enjoying more.

The question is not only what you may wish for someday. It is what you can do about it today.

• How “I wish I” can represent regret or possibility

• Three wishes people often abandon when results come slowly

• Three things people may wish they had done differently

• Why a lack of visible progress does not mean nothing is happening

• How to replace wishful thinking with intentional action

• Why someday is not a day of the week

Complete this sentence:

I wish I would…

Then rewrite it using action.

“I wish I would make the call” becomes “I am making the call.”

Choose one wish you have been carrying and take one step toward it before the end of the week.

Finish the sentence. Listen to your answer. Then take action that can help you replace “I wish I” with three new words:

Glad I Did.