I want you to be completely unreasonable today. Yep. Unreasonable. I want you to forget what makes sense for a minute. Forget what you’ve done before. Forget what someone your age is “supposed” to want. Actually... Who the hell made up that rule anyway? What if this chapter gets to be the most interesting one yet? What if you travel? Write the book? Fall madly in love? Start the business? Learn the thing? Move across the country? Wear the damn bikini? Whatever. This is your permission slip to want what you want. So tell me... What would you LOVE if you stopped trying to make it reasonable?

This might ruffle a few feathers...but it truly is a game changer! I think “I don’t have time” is bullshit more often than we’d like to admit. We have time. We’re just spending it somewhere else. Ouch. I know. I’ve caught myself doing it too. We’ll scroll for 30 minutes and then announce we don’t have 10 minutes to work on the thing we say matters to us. Interesting, isn’t it? Your calendar is a pretty honest little snitch. It shows you what’s actually getting your attention. So don’t beat yourself up. Just notice what you’re noticing. Does the way you’re spending your time match the life you say you want? And if not... What gets to change?

HAPPY LABOR DAY!!! Can we stop waiting for a clean slate? Monday. January 1st. After vacation. After the kids leave. After things “settle down.” What the hell does that even mean? I’ve been waiting for things to settle down for decades. 😂 Life is gloriously messy. There will always be something. A deadline. A dentist appointment. A dog who pukes on the rug. Somebody who needs you. Something you didn’t see coming. You don’t need a clean slate. You need to start in the middle of the mess. That’s where real life happens anyway. So... What are you starting TODAY, even though conditions are nowhere near perfect? Do the do. Perfect can catch up later.

Before you disappear into your weekend... Can I remind you of something? You are not behind. Read that again. You're not behind. Life isn't handing out grades. Nobody is timing your race. Stop measuring your life against somebody else's highlight reel. Measure it against the person you were six months ago. That's the only comparison that matters. Now tell me... What's one way you've grown lately that maybe you haven't given yourself enough credit for? No shrinking. No apologizing. Own it. One life. One choice. Carpe the damn Diem. 💙

Confession. I've had some spectacularly bad ideas. 😂 I've also had some spectacularly great ones. You know the difference? The great ones usually scared me a little. I've never looked back on my life and thought... "I really wish I'd played it safer." Never. The things I'm most proud of all started with... "This might be crazy..." So... What's your "this might be crazy" idea? Because around here... Crazy is often where the magic lives.