I want to talk about something that does not always get discussed very realistically in personal development spaces. The experience of being somewhere that is draining you, knowing you want to leave, and not being able to… Yet. And that yet is the important part, which we will get to in this post.

Personal development spaces tend to talk about this in a motivational way that does not always reflect reality. The "you just need to want it enough" version of this conversation does not acknowledge the bills, the responsibilities, the timing, all the very real things that keep you somewhere that is taking more from you than it is giving back…

Over the past year or so, I have been taking some concrete steps towards building my identity. What I mean by this is that when it comes to my professional life, I spent a long time not really knowing what I wanted, but I did figure out that I am someone who needs to find meaning and purpose in what I put out into the world, but defining how I do that, and how it aligns to who I actually am, has not come easy…

I hit 100 subscribers on YouTube recently and to many people, that might not sound like a lot, but for me, it was huge.

We can often find ourselves trying to navigate a very fast paced, results driven world where the opportunities to stop and reflect on a small win can be bypassed by feelings of what's next. I am no stranger to that, there was a part of me that instantly shifted my focus to the next 100 and beyond, and I think that is quite a natural reaction to have, but I decided to stop myself. Because that 100 is 100 people who found something useful, or something that made them feel less alone, and that is worth sitting with for a little while…