Stop Worrying About Tomorrow: How to Build Your Business One Day at a Time

May 9, 2025

When you're building a business, especially as a solopreneur or visionary founder, it's easy to wake up feeling overwhelmed.

When you're building a business, especially as a solopreneur or visionary founder, it's easy to wake up feeling overwhelmed.

The to-do list seems endless: create content, optimize funnels, update your website, engage with leads, check analytics, answer emails, and on and on it goes.

But here's something that brings me back to center, straight from the words of Jesus in Matthew 6: "Each day has enough trouble of its own."

You Only Get One Day at a Time

All we ever have is 24 hours. Most of us work somewhere between 8 to 15 of those hours. So remember this: you are not responsible for tomorrow—you're only responsible for today.

When your day begins, focus on what matters most today. Do the best you can with what you have. Then, when the day is done, close the chapter on that day like finishing a page in a book. Let it go. Rest. And be refreshed for tomorrow.

Work Is Not the Enemy

When God created Adam and Eve, He gave them work to do in the Garden of Eden. Not as a punishment, but as a purpose. We were designed to work. And for most of us, work is where we spend the majority of our time on earth. So instead of resenting it, embrace it.

That doesn’t mean you never plan. Of course you plan. In fact, maybe today is your planning day. But planning has its time. When you’re executing, don’t waste mental energy worrying about things you can’t handle until a future date. Focus only on what today demands.

The future never arrives

Humans were not designed to carry tomorrow’s weight on today’s shoulders. There will always be something else to worry about tomorrow. Don’t let the looming pressure of tomorrow steal the joy of today. The future never gets here. Because once tomorrow arrives, we have something new to worry about the next day.

There will always be more to do than you have time for. So start with the most important and most difficult tasks. There’s always something that needs to happen once—like forming your LLC, setting up your accounting system. Get those done early.

Then focus daily on the recurring drivers of your business: creating content, marketing, reviewing funnels, optimizing pages. These ongoing actions are what build momentum over time.

The Power of Consistency

But here’s the promise: God will give you the grace for today. Not tomorrow’s grace, not next week’s grace. Today’s.

This is why consistency matters so much. We tend to overestimate what we can do in the short term and underestimate what we can accomplish in the long term. But if you show up daily, do your part, and trust God with the rest, you’ll look back a year from now and be amazed at how far you’ve come.

One day at a time. That’s all you need.