📖Turn the Page📖

Hi Reader!

Within months of having left teaching to be a copywriter for education companies full time , I knew it wasn’t THE THING that would light me up forever.

(I promise this isn’t a story to discourage you, LOL)

I knew but I didn’t know what to do with that information. And—I WAS BUSY. I had a lot of work.

(This is a good thing! And…it brings me to the thing I want to talk about with you today…)

Because I hear this all the time (HECK, I FEEL this all the time):

“I just don’t have enough time to figure anything out right now.”

And honestly? I believe you. (Because I’ve been you.)

Your days are full.

Your energy is split.

You’re juggling a lot.

But here’s the thing I want to say carefully—because it’s not a character flaw or a motivation issue:

Most of the time, it’s not actually a time problem. I know it wasn’t for me.

When you get really clear on what’s holding you back… It’s actually a starting problem.

And this is true no matter which stage you’re in:

In the middle of a transition with one foot in and one foot out
Still teaching full time but KNOWING in the depths of your soul that there is something else for you
Already a business owner and feeling like you haven’t quite hit on THE THING that will fit like a glove

When you don’t know exactly where to begin, everything feels heavier.

Every task takes longer.

Every free pocket of time disappears because deciding what to work on is exhausting.

So the brain defaults to the safest explanation:

“I’ll do this when I have more time.”

But think about this for a second.

Have you ever noticed how, when you’re crystal clear on what the next step is, you somehow find 20 minutes you “didn’t have” before?

That’s not discipline.

That’s direction.

Time doesn’t create momentum.

Momentum creates time.

When there’s no clear starting point:

😵‍💫 you overthink

😶‍🌫️ you hesitate

🎯 you wait for the “right” window

When there is a clear starting point:

💨 you move faster

✅ you stop second-guessing

⚡progress starts compounding

This is why more planning rarely helps.

And why “I just need to get organized first” never actually solves the problem.

❎ You don’t need a perfect schedule (I’d be doomed).

❎ You don’t need a free weekend (with kids? LOL).

❎ You don’t need to magically become more productive (thank goodness for that).

What you do need?

One clear place to start—and permission to start there imperfectly.

You’ll hear me talk A LOT about giving yourself permission. Because truly, your signature is the only one you need to take that first step.

Over the next few weeks, I want to talk more about why starting is the skill that changes everything—and why most people never practice it inside the right kind of structure.

Right now? I want to offer 10 people 20 minutes with me in a “micro-coaching” session.

You bring 1 thing you need clarity and direction on, I walk you through it, ask you the questions you don’t know you need— so YOU can figure out the next right step.

I did one of these last week and it was SO GOOD. He told me a little about what he had been doing and where he felt stuck, and I helped him to arrive a one good next step.

Next week you’ll hear from me early (because holidays!) and I’ll walk you through what this coaching session looked like and even tell you a little about what my micro-coaching client walked away with that day and what he’s working on.

(Because sometimes seeing what others are doing is so inspiring and expansive!)

In the mean time if this sounds like something you’d like, please raise your hand by hitting reply with the word CLARITY.

And I’ll send you a link to book a micro session in the new year.

Because once you start moving, the time question stops being the real question.

Happy Friday!

Meredith