You came here looking for your yes. It was never lost. It was underneath everything you agreed to carry that belonged to somebody else.

Yesterday you wrote down the first real difference between those two women.

THE QUESTION

What are you taking back?

THE QUEST

Name it out loud. Not a feeling. A thing. The mornings. The Thursday nights. The singing. The right to answer a question without checking three faces first.

Say it plainly. I am taking back my mornings. I am taking back Thursday nights.

Then do one thing about it today, before you go to bed. Book the class. Pay the deposit. Put it in the calendar as a real appointment with a real start time. Tell one person, and make it a person who will ask you about it.

It does not have to be big. It has to be visible tomorrow morning. Something you cannot quietly undo by Friday.

Twenty days ago you were the supporting character. Nobody handed you the part. You went and took it.

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THE RHYTHM

  • 🌅 Ten minutes of quiet before your phone

  • 📓 Three pages of whatever falls out

  • 🚶‍♀️ Ten minutes of moving, outside if you can

  • 🌙 Ten minutes of quiet before bed

  • 📵 Less news, less scrolling

In love, light and laughter,

Karen

P.S. Tag me in your quests with #LeadingLady21 so we can all find each other.