At different points in my life, where I struggled the most… I had wished someone would come along and say, “just change this thing, this one thing, and all of your struggles will turn around”.
It took a lot of years, before that someone came into my life and said it in a way I could hear it. She said, “Jodi, it’s not supposed to be like this”.
I didn’t know that.
I had been fighting a losing battle. I was doing everything I could to make the best of my situation.
To be fair, I really did make the best of it. There were so many parts of my life I loved, even through the struggle. I would focus on those, and work so hard to figure out what I was doing wrong so I could fix the other areas and love it all.
But the situation and I were too different.
I was the epitome of trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.
I wasn’t living my truth in every area of my life. There were some areas I didn’t have control over, and I kept trying to make those work for me.
We have to live in a such a way that everything lines up and makes sense to us congruently. Everywhere.
When you start to compromise on the important things to you, and when you have to justify your actions to yourself…when you have to keep pep talking yourself to get through…
It all becomes a struggle.
The struggle manifests financially, or with your health, or with your relationships… And usually in all of these areas.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
You do get to choose the life you want.
That is going to mean letting go of some people, some habits, some jobs, and a lot of comfort zones.
But it also lets go of the struggle.
It means finding people, habits, work, and new comfort zones that fit into your puzzle.
As it all starts clicking together…
Everywhere you go feels like home.
Everything you do feels like a gift.
Every person you interact with brings more love and joy and less irritation and compromise.
I am here, to be your person telling you, life is supposed to feel right. It is supposed to click together. It is not supposed to be a struggle.
You just have to trust that you know when to hold em and you’ll know when to fold em.
And then just do it.