So far, much of my life has been shaped by waiting.
Waiting until I felt 100% ready to leave the job.
Waiting until I was absolutely sure the relationship wasn’t right.
Waiting to say yes to the trip, the hobby, the idea.
Waiting to write the story, to share the post, to build the website, to hit publish.

Waiting until I was “confident.”
Waiting until I had more experience.
Waiting until it was perfect.

Spoiler alert: I’m still waiting on some (a lot) things.
But I’m getting better at noticing when I’m not being thoughtful… I’m just scared.

Because waiting can be wise when done selectively.
There’s a time for reflection, for pausing, for letting things settle – sometimes clarity is born there.
But more often than not, if we’re being honest, we’re not waiting—we’re avoiding.

We’re buying time because we think it’ll bring the answers.
(Narrator: it doesn’t.)
We think we’ll suddenly wake up one day with zero doubt and 100% courage.
Spoiler: you won’t.

And here’s the part I didn’t realize until recently—
Life is happening in all the days you’re waiting.
It’s not paused. There’s no holding pattern.
You don’t get that time refunded later when you finally “figure it out.”

I look back on so many moments where I thought I was being strategic or patient, but really, I was just afraid.
Afraid of being wrong. Afraid of being messy.
Afraid of being seen as someone who’s still figuring it out.
(As if everyone isn’t.)

Even now, this blog?
I’ve been writing for years and never published them because… they weren’t ready yet.
I wasn’t ready yet.

Last week, I finally posted one on LinkedIn.
A post that had been mentally drafted and emotionally overthought for way too long.

Real-talk: my hands were trembling when I went to hit publish. Oh my goodness what will people think? Did I just ruin everything with being a little too honest? I should have just stay on the wall – protected by absence.

But guess what? The sky didn’t fall.
In fact, people responded. People related. & these were people that I thought didn’t even remember who I was. Well, they do and they reached out and said, “Hey, everything you just wrote – I feel that way too.”

I’m a big believer that our professional & personal lives do this delicate dance so themes or feelings that show up on one side, come out on the other end too. So for the times you’re waiting, stalling, overthinking the big life moves or career pivots – I can assure you you’re doing the same in your personal life.

Because sometimes, our job is actually the authentic part of our life. Its the personal relationships that are messy, tongue-tied up. Sometimes what we’re really waiting on (avoiding) is a conversation.
The one we know we need to have.
The one where we speak the truth we’ve been dancing around.
Not because someone deserves to hear it—but because you deserve to say it.

Your peace, your clarity, your power—it lives on the other side of that sentence you’ve been holding in.

So this is your nudge:
Have the conversation. Write the story. Take the trip. Send the email. Sign up for the class. Leave the thing that feels safe but wrong.

Don’t wait for the perfect moment.
The moment becomes perfect the second you stop waiting.

What’s your thing?
What are you still waiting on?

With love,
Casey