R is for R*E*A*D*Y

Timing genuinely matters. Starting a demanding change in the middle of a crisis usually fails, and that failure gets misread as personal inadequacy rather than bad scheduling.

But waiting for a perfect moment is its own form of avoidance, because the perfect moment does not arrive. The move is to build readiness rather than wait for it: clear a little space, line up support, reduce competing demands, get some sleep, decide what specifically you are doing first.

If you are genuinely not ready for the whole thing, get ready for one piece of it. Readiness is cumulative.