About this quote

That restless rush often shows up right after confinement or a long wait, when freedom is new and the future is unclear. It mixes thrill with a kind of anxious scatter—your thoughts jump and you can't sit still. Pay attention to those physical signals instead of smoothing them away: they point to energy you can use. Pick one small, concrete next step and do it; action channels the excitement into forward motion.

When to use it

• The night before you hand in your notice and launch your own company, you tell your co-founder, "I find I'm so excited I can barely sit still..."
• Stepping out of the parole office and waiting on the platform, you turn to an old friend and laugh, quoting the line as you both watch the empty tracks.
• The morning after your final chemo session, at breakfast with your sister you say, "I find I'm so excited I can barely sit still..." and both of you smile.
• On the eve of leaving for a year abroad after graduation, you tell your roommate while stuffing the last box, "I find I'm so excited I can barely sit still..."