Week 15/26 Preview: Why Before What
A buffer week for meaning, resilience, and preparing well for next Sunday’s 12 Week Year workshop.
This week, we do not want to rush us into another plan. We want to give us a buffer.
For me, productivity only becomes meaningful when it helps us live closer to what matters — not busier, not more frantic, but more aligned, more intentional, and less scattered by what is noisy or unimportant.
That is why this week is about why before what.
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The WHY before the WHAT.
Not a week of drifting.
A week of preparation.
A week to pause, reflect, and act from that reflection.
Next Sunday, we’ll meet for our live 12 Week Year workshop, and before we decide what we want to do in the next 12 weeks, I think it matters to spend a little time with something deeper first:
Why does it matter?
Why this goal?
Why this season?
Why this effort?
Why this version of productivity?
I would love to reflect also on the theme of resilience.
I do believe resilience is, in part, a choice.
Not the choice to never struggle.
Not the choice to never feel tired, hurt, or discouraged.
But the choice to keep showing up for what matters.
The choice to plant a seed anyway.
The choice to stay kind, brave, and steady when things feel slower or heavier than we hoped.
And I want to share that this week is a personal one for me too. It is my birthday week, and also the week of my mother’s birthday. Since I lost her many years ago, I’ve learned that this part of the calendar can feel especially tender. I still struggle with certain dates, and over time I’ve tried different ways of moving through them. This year, I’m choosing something simpler and gentler: fewer commitments, less social pressure, more space to reflect, recharge, and reconnect with meaning. 💗
That is part of why this week’s theme feels so true and important to me. And I hope you’ll understand my decision not to host Public Sessions this week (but I’ll see you next one!).
Sometimes resilience does not look like pushing harder.
Sometimes it looks like protecting your energy on purpose.
Making room to think.
Making room to feel.
Making room to remember what matters before you move forward again.
That is the spirit of this week.
