If you’ve been with me for a while, you know I make Birthday Resolutions every year, and this year is no different. So, today I’m writing to you to share my intentions for 43. Maybe they’ll inspire you to set your own, updated resolutions, too? 

 For most of us, the experience of ‘Creative Wayfinding’ – of finding our way through work and life – feels incredibly isolating. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

Failure is a topic that we don’t love to talk about. It’s scary, it feels deep and dark, and for us recovering perfectionists out there, it’s kind of the last thing we’d ever want to subject ourselves to. But give me three minutes and I bet I can change your mind.

Everyone says “adulting” is hard. But have you ever stopped to ask: What’s so hard about it, exactly? In a coaching session last week, it finally dawned on me.

 Buried deep down inside, we all carry a hidden treasure trove of secret wishes and hopes for our lives. What I’ve come to realize is that hiding these secrets leads to only one outcome: they won’t happen. What if you could shine a spotlight on these secrets instead?

This week reminded me that no one else is responsible for ‘picking me.’ No one can make up my mind for me. No one can care more about my decisions or plans than me. No one can believe in me more than I do. I have to pick me. I GET to pick me. And you do, too.

Whether it’s about food, exercise, work, or our love lives – we love to make resolutions. But keeping them is a different story. If you want to stick to your 2024 resolutions and make real change, here’s the missing link.

What would it look like for you to be more YOU in 2024? Here’s what it means for me.

I want to share a mantra today that, quite literally, changed the course of my life: “I am offering, not asking.”