Gentle Steps

My career isn’t where I’d like it. Right now, it’s dangling from a crag, trying to remember how to climb.

This site? It’s wearing clown shoes with a three-piece pink-and-yellow suit. Trying to catch your attention but not quite fitting in with the plans.

The podcast feels stuck in a laundry chute.

My strategies and routines for working with my brain—rather than against it—are still more tagline than practice.

My desire is strong. My execution, a mirage.

And yet… I have much to be proud of.
Because my story is not over.

I could focus on the disappointment.
But instead, I’m choosing gentleness.

Yes, I’ve stumbled on delivering weekly The Movie Breakdown episodes. And yes, the daily Beyond the Balcony articles are not much more than a photo album at this point.

But I choose to be gentle.

Because I know great things are on their way.