Pivot, don’t quit
January can feel like such a tender month, can’t it? We step into it carrying fresh hopes, new practices, quiet promises we’ve made to ourselves in the dark of winter. Maybe you felt that too, an inner nudge that said, This year, something needs to shift. I’m ready to live a little differently.
And then real life rushed back in. The rest practice you meant to do each day slipped off the calendar. The walks you planned got postponed “just for today.” The boundary you set so carefully blurred in one tired conversation. Before you knew it, that bright new beginning felt far away, and you might have wondered, Did I already mess this up?
If any part of that feels familiar, you’re in the right place. You’re not alone, and nothing is ruined.
Here’s what I’m learning in my actual, imperfect life: these milestone moments, when something inside me whispers, this isn’t working anymore, it’s time to change course, can get hijacked by a single stumble.
But there’s another way I’m slowly learning to live.
What if, instead of abandoning the whole effort when we fall short, we simply pivoted and started again?
Not with some complex plan to make sure it never happens again. Just… start again.
The path doesn’t care how many times you’ve turned away. It only cares that you’ve returned.
If you’re working with the pattern of beginning again and could use some support, my Brave Rest 40-Day Journey offers a gentle container for this practice.
