Further to Simone's comment last week - this quote stood out to me today "Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can" (Arthur Ashe). Focusing on what is in our control and making a step forward each day. 🚶🌟

One thing I’ve really taken from the recent sessions is that clarity usually comes after you start, not before. Especially for Gen Z, there’s so much pressure to choose the “right” path early, but most growth happens through trying, learning, and adjusting. Change doesn’t have to feel heavy. It can be exploratory. Skills carry, nothing is as permanent as it feels, and staying value led gives you something solid to move from! If you’re in a season of change, what’s one thing it’s already teaching you?

Sometimes when we don't know what path to take - it's just a matter of taking one step forward on any of the paths we see. Action over inaction. If it is the right path, we will get a desired outcome; if it is not, we have at least gained that knowledge (if not more) - more than if we did nothing.

The first month of 2026 is almost over! 😮I'm staying committed to my growth journey - it's for life! This weekend, I was reflecting on a cycle that has the power to lift us or hold us back through self-sabotage. Specifically: Beliefs drive thoughts, Thoughts drive feelings Feelings drive actions Actions drive results I was caught in a cycle with the belief that I was not good enough, not successful. It triggered the inner critic. Thinking that any mistake would hold me back again. The internal criticism, led to frustration and low energy. Not performing at my best. Which in turn meant not achieving the outcome I wanted. To break it? 🔨 I'm treating beliefs as hypotheses. I set my emotion for the day irrespective of the circumstances or events - events are neutral, I can choose to view them in a positive light (which may not always be clear in the moment). And more actions, momentum to break the pattern. Has anyone else been caught in one of the belief/thought cycles?

In today’s ’We’re in it Together’ session we touched upon the strange little souvenirs some of us picked up during Covid. New hobbies, new coping mechanisms, new ways of staying vaguely sane when the world felt like it was buffering. I shared that I, too, experimented. A lot. Some attempts landed. Some… did not. (Brief, enthusiastic, and very short-lived flirtation with weightlifting, for example.) But one hobby stuck around longer than most: epoxy resin. This is notable primarily because I am not, nor have I ever been, crafty. No artistic childhood. No hidden talent waiting patiently to emerge. And yet, there I was, dreaming up designs and color combos, pouring resin, curing pieces, and even signing up for my first ever craft fair. Was it a runaway success? Absolutely not. Did I make about $400? Yes. Did that even begin to cover the cost of supplies, tools, errors, and “learning moments”? Also no. But I did gift everyone handmade presents that Christmas, which people are still to this day proudly displaying in their homes. I learned something new about myself. And for a little while, I let curiosity win over perfection. So in the spirit of laughing at ourselves and sharing the learning, I’m attaching a few photos from my short-lived but genuinely joyful resin era. Proof that trying something new doesn’t have to be profitable, polished, or permanent to still be worth it. Sometimes it just has to be… attempted. 💜