We're ending this week with a highly sophisticated personal-development exercise. Ready? BRAG. 😂 Seriously. I want shameless bragging. Not... "Well, it wasn't really anything..." Nope. Start over. Not... "Anyone could've done it..." Don't care. YOU did. We have no problem creating a detailed inventory of everything we screwed up. Let's become equally talented at noticing what we're doing RIGHT. So... What's something you've done lately that you're ridiculously, unapologetically, EFFING proud of? Big. Small. Weird. Wonderful. Bring it. We'll celebrate the hell out of you. Carpe the damn Diem. 💙

Can I ask you an uncomfortable question? Are you waiting to be invited? To sit at the table. Speak. Lead. Travel. Start something. Join something. Create something. Be seen. Because here's something I've learned... Sometimes the invitation isn't coming. Well, shit. So what? Build your own damn table. Throw your own party. Make your own invitation. And put your name at the top. You are the authority on you. Where in your life have you been waiting for somebody else to choose you? Maybe today's the day you choose yourself.

Let's talk about wanting something... without immediately figuring out how to afford it, achieve it, schedule it, justify it, or explain it to your sister. 😂 Just WANT it. We are so damn fast at killing our own dreams. "I'd love to spend a month in Italy..." BUT. "I'd love to write a book..." BUT. "I'd love to..." STOP. No buts today. Today we're letting the dream breathe before we interrogate the poor thing. So finish this sentence: "Wouldn't it be freaking amazing if..." That's it. Don't solve it. Don't budget it. Don't Google it. Just let yourself want it. AND... Let's CELEBRATE the 100th anniversary of Winnie the Pooh! My personal hero!

I have a question. When was the last time you were really bad at something? Not mediocre. BAD. Like... "What the hell am I doing?" bad. 😂 Adults hate being beginners. We want to skip directly to looking competent. Which is unfortunate... Because that's not how anything works. Want to paint? Your first one might suck. Want to play pickleball? You're going to hit some balls into the next zip code. Want to start a business? You're going to screw some shit up. GOOD. That's called learning. So... What's something you'd LOVE to try if you gave yourself permission to absolutely suck at it for a while? Go be a beginner. It's good for you.

Can we talk about control? Because I LOVE control. 😂 I'd like everyone to behave exactly as I think they should. Traffic should cooperate. Flights should leave on time. People should return texts promptly. And life should kindly follow the plan I created for it. Apparently... Life did not receive the memo. Here's the exhausting part. We spend enormous amounts of energy trying to control things that were never ours to control. Other people's opinions. Their choices. Their moods. THE PAST! Ahem... So today I'm asking myself: Is this actually mine to control? If the answer is no... Put the damn thing down. What's something you're trying to control that isn't actually yours?