Hi, I’m Reid! I write about my life experiences and how we can all live in brave new ways. Dare You is a reader-supported publication. To receive weekly posts and support my work, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 💗
My husband and I were walking our dog in the neighborhood this morning, reflecting on how great the past few months have been. After a few years of figuring things out, it finally feels like we are on a winning streak. “We need to make sure we soak up this time and enjoy every minute of it” I told him.
Because it’s so easy to move on to the next goal. The next house project. The next business idea. The next phase of life. But when things are good… really good…. it’s almost harder to pause. There’s a quiet urgency to prepare for what’s next and capitalize on this moment. We feel pressure to build upon every little success in hopes of reaching the next level. It’s like we are running a race, and the pressure to get to the finish line before everyone else can be seductive.
But maybe the challenge now isn’t to plan or fix or optimize. Maybe the challenge is to be here. To walk the dog and talk about nothing. To laugh at inside jokes and be goofy. To celebrate the ease that was once so hard-fought. To notice how far we’ve come. It’s important to enjoy the ride and not take any part of it for granted.
I know there will be more chapters that stretch us. More decisions that leave us wondering. But today? It’s good. And I don’t want to miss any of it. So here’s to enjoying every season of life, whether they are filled with more challenges than we would like or successes greater than we could have ever imagined.
Because someday, we’ll look back on this season as one of the sweet ones. One of the golden stretches where we felt aligned, steady, and full of quiet hope. And I don’t want to look back and realize I was too busy reaching for what’s next to notice what I already had.
So today, I’m choosing presence over pressure. Gratitude over grinding. Because this…right now…is worth soaking up.
-Reid
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