Living awake is not something reserved for a later chapter of life. It begins the moment you start noticing how you are choosing today. Awareness creates momentum. When you slow down just enough to recognize what you are already living into, clarity naturally follows.
The 10-Year Letter is rooted
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Some moments in life quietly invite us to choose with intention. They don’t demand clarity all at once. They simply offer an opportunity to be present and decide how fully we want to engage.
This weekend, I experienced one of those moments.
I was in Santa Barbara, standing along the track at Westm...
Clarity has a rhythm.
It rarely shows up when life is loud or rushed. It tends to appear when things slow just enough for you to notice what has already been trying to get your attention.
A slower pace has a way of bringing awareness back online. You start to see what’s working. You feel what’s al...
By now, the new year has already started making decisions for people.
Not loud ones. Quiet ones.
What gets prioritized.
What gets postponed.
What slips back onto autopilot because it feels familiar.
That’s how most years are built. Not intentionally. By default.
A default year isn’t chaotic. Tha
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There’s a moment on New Year’s Eve that doesn’t get talked about much. It’s not the countdown. It’s not the champagne. It’s not the noise. It’s the quiet right before midnight, when the year hasn’t ended yet and the next one hasn’t started.
That moment still belongs to you. Before the calendar fl
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Christmas Eve has a different feel.
The noise quiets a bit.
The doing slows down.
There’s space between moments if you’re willing to notice it.
This is usually when the things we’ve been carrying all year make themselves known. Not loudly. Just enough to be felt. Old narratives. Unspoken expectation...
We rarely fall short because we lack drive. We fall short because the horizon we are planning from is too close. Short timelines keep your head down. You grind. You push through the week. You handle what is urgent instead of what is important. And even when you are accomplishing things, something in...
December has a strange way of pulling us in two directions. Part of you wants to slow down and settle into the holidays. The other part feels the quiet pressure of everything you wanted this year but did not fully step into.
Here is the truth. December is one of the most important months of the yea...
A few monthss ago, I met a man at an airport bar during a long delay.
He was dressed like someone used to moving fast. Nice shoes, laptop bag, watch that probably cost more than the flight. But his eyes looked tired in a way that had nothing to do with sleep.
We started talking. Within minutes, he t...
You can’t stop the environment from changing you. But you can choose which environment you let change you.
Every environment you step into is shaping you. Quietly, consistently, and often without asking permission. Some fill you with energy and possibility. Others drain your confidence and clarity....
This past weekend, my daughter Aspen ran the Santa Barbara Half Marathon.
1 hour and 47 minutes.
A personal record.
A race entirely her own.
For years, Aspen’s focus wasn’t running. It was dance.
Discipline. Precision. Art in motion.
But recently, she made the transition to running and she has done so...
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