living in the world you most want to live in
20 Feb 2025
Imagine this moment - You are moving into the next action to build the world you most want to live in. What does that look like for you? Big picture. Go there
The next question to ask yourself is: What is one thing I can do today?
I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership at big and small scales since the last time I wrote, and the impacts of ineffective leadership on global wellbeing. I don’t mean well-being in the sense of a market that sells you products but in the sense of collective vibes.
Right now, I’m SUS of how we are really doing collectively. I know I know I am too old to use this word, but I’m swiping from GenZ because while the people running the U.S. government seem to be paralyzing their futures, they seem to be the generation that knows what is up. But I am listening, caring for, and swiping.
I am SUS.
Therefore, I’m exploring the best way for me to rebel and fight for a world where all the people I love who fit into diverse populations get to live a life of freedom and choice. Diversity is a fact, inclusion is a behavior.
Some quotes I wrote down recently:
“Emotional enrollment is at the heart of performance, learning, and connection. A coach can quickly tell when someone is committed to changing their approach in order to change the outcome–it’s easy to tell this person apart from someone who simply wants what they’re already doing to be more effective.” - Seth Godin
“Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path.” - Paulo Coehlo
Since January 20th, friendships have come out of storage units, and we’re shaking off the dust. It’s been fun to reconnect with these unexpected friendships. This time, we are friends in new leadership positions in their careers, those who have kids who are crossing time from raising little kids to young adults and they can see how their futures will be shaped because of the constitutional crisis going on in the U.S. We are texting and leaving voice notes about what we can do at scale, but sometimes we’re just helping each other navigate the day and the diligently planned Project 2025 being put into action at warp speed.
While these rekindled relationships that stretch from coast to coast come back to life, I am also very much appreciating my family group threads and my local family conversations. While we’ve all been busy calling and emailing and faxing state and federal reps, at a local level as a blue dot in a bright red state, my people are also talking to each other and figuring out how to rebel and not obey in advance.
The actions might be small, for instance, 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
but impactful because they change our behaviours so that we align with what we want. But also our small actions might make other people think differently.
What is one thing I can do today?
Find it (inside of you), put it on a post-it note (outside of you so you can see it), and make sure you get it done before you go to sleep tonight. This is a simple way to develop great habits.
I’m going to leave it right here for now.
On a health note, to readers who are women over 35 and entering some stage of peri-menopause or menopause, when you get lab work done with your physician, please ask them to test ApoB and Lipoprotein(a). These are two markers that help a provider understand your risk of heart attack or stroke and create an effective treatment plan for your lifestyle.
My recent results came back at red flag levels, so life has been a little different for me lately, including being told to take baby aspirin with stress before flying and before big training days or races. That is when I said, “HOLD up!”
Please take care of your heart. We need you here!
Oh, and two things I’ve really liked listening to in the past month:
The Telepathy Tapes - a great podcast that challenges everything we think we know about communication and the human mind
The Life Impossible - a fantastical novel
Finally, this message showed up right before I finished writing:
I want to live in a world where we don’t give up on making life better. Even if it brings a little discomfort along the way.
See you soon!
hugs,
Becca