When Growth Changes the Destination
Aligned choices don’t always lead directly to the desired outcome.
Maybe they’re just the starting point. The first nudge in a different direction. Steering the compass a bit closer toward it.
Not yet there, but halfway.
If you make a choice, it also has to feel realistic. If we’re so far detached from our true values and desires - maybe because we followed a path we decided on years ago, one that needed our full attention and energy - then we didn’t have time to think twice about whether it’s still aligned with us. With our grown version.
And then, we eventually wake up.
Maybe it’s the end of a relationship. Maybe it’s the end of a work contract. Maybe it’s the end of a longer education path.
And then, you look up and realize that what you see is no longer what you envision.
It might have been right when you first chose it, but somewhere along the way, with the experiences you made during the journey, maybe your dream changed.
You learned new skills. Gained new potential. You’ve grown in the journey.
And maybe that changed the destination.
So it might be too much to ask of yourself to go all in right away. Maybe you need an in-between step. Something that’s aligned, but not yet fully directed.
And when you start, and you realize it feels so much better - but not quite there yet - you also realize you’re already halfway there.
The next step doesn’t feel as scary as it did at the beginning, when you maybe hadn’t even thought about it. Or didn’t even know that this new feeling was what you were actually looking for.
So, aligned action leads to aligned outcomes. Sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly.But it always leaves a ripple effect.
It just needs that starting point to build on.
Change coming from change.
Step by step.
