There’s a practical opportunity here. But potential only matters if you treat it seriously.
The opportunity is real. You are treating it as a maybe so that if it fails, you were never really in.
There is a real opportunity at work and you are treating it as a maybe. Maybe is where you keep things you are afraid to want.
What opportunity are you being casual about because caring would raise the stakes?
Treat it as real today: ask the question, send the proposal, put it in the calendar.
The practical money move is right there. It is unglamorous and it works, and you are still shopping for a more interesting one.
What boring, sound money step have you known about for months?
Do it this week. The boring one.
Something solid is possible here, and solid does not feel like enough because you were expecting fireworks. Solid is what the fireworks were supposed to lead to.
What is this relationship offering that you keep discounting as ordinary?
Say yes to one ordinary, concrete thing with them this week: a plan, a habit, a date.
The grounded option is on the table. It is not exciting. You are stalling in case something more exciting appears.
What would you lose by taking the solid option now?
Take it this week, and let the exciting one find you working.
You have the foundation for something and you keep calling it potential. Potential is a word for things you have not started.
What could you build on what you already have, without acquiring anything first?
Start building it today with what is in the room.
You have the seed of something real, and you are admiring it instead of planting it. Admiring does not grow anything.
What is the smallest concrete version of this you could finish this week?
Make that version. Finish it, small and real.