01/21/2026
Not more hustle.
Not more proving.
But more 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 than you were originally taught to tell.
I recently took a leadership class where we were asked to create a timeline of our lives.
The highs went on the top — moments of success, pride, achievement.
The lows went on the bottom — the disappointments, missteps, and seasons we’d rather not revisit.
When I stepped back to look at it, I remember feeling both proud… and exposed.
Seeing it all laid out — the wins and the wounds — stripped away the stories I’d been telling myself about who I was supposed to be.
Then we were asked something that shifted everything.
Not to analyze the events —
but to notice the theme.
𝗧𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝗸: Who are you becoming through all of this?
And for me, the answer was unmistakable.
Every chapter was guiding me toward my 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛.
Away from the identities I thought I had to carry —
the strong one,
the dependable one, the quiet one,
the one who holds it all together and never needs too much.
That’s the part of the journey that asks the most of us.
Not the work.
Not the time.
But the willingness to 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 versions of ourselves that once kept us safe…
but no longer let us be fully seen or take up space.
Maybe that’s what this season is asking of you too.
Not to become someone new —
but to stop carrying what was never truly yours in the first place.
✨ Reflection:
If this lands, I’d love to know —
what version of you are you gently outgrowing right now?