Issue No. 5 – Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Subject: How long will you wait for the stars to align?

I need to tell you something that might sting a little: You've been waiting for perfect timing for decades, and it’s never coming.

I know this because I did it too. I waited until I had more energy (spoiler: depression, perimenopause, and ADHD had other plans). I waited until my finances were "stable" (they never are). I waited until I felt "ready" (turns out ready is a feeling you create, not find).

While I was waiting for all the stars to align, years passed. Dreams gathered dust. That inner voice got quieter and quieter until I almost forgot it existed.

Here's what I finally realized: Perfect timing is a myth. It doesn’t exist.

There will ALWAYS be something:

If you wait for all of that to disappear, you'll wait forever.

The women who actually change their lives at 50+? They don't wait for permission. They don't wait for perfect circumstances. They don't wait for everyone to understand.

They start anyway. Messy, scared, unprepared - but they start.

They sign up for the class even though they feel "too old." They start the business even though they don't have all the answers. They book the trip even though their kids think it's "irresponsible." They write the book even though they've never published anything. They leave the job even though everyone calls them "crazy."

They choose courage over comfort, every single time.

These women aren't braver than you. They're not more qualified, more talented, or more deserving. They're just tired of waiting for a green light that's never coming.

They've realized what you're about to realize: the perfect moment isn't coming because the only moment we have is now.

My spiritual journey taught me something profound about time: most of it is illusion. The past we regret? It's just memory now - we can't change it. The future we're planning for? It's imagination - we can't control it.

The present moment is the only reality we can actually work with.

So stop using "someday" as a hiding place. Stop nodding along to inspiration and then going back to your comfortable patterns of waiting.

You have time left - probably more than you think - but only if you stop treating your dreams like they need perfect conditions to survive.

Your dreams don't need your permission. They need your attention. Your courage doesn't need confidence. It needs willingness. Your life doesn't need perfect timing. It needs your decision to start

What's it going to be?

Just do it!

What would you start this week if you stopped waiting for perfect timing and just focused on meaningful progress?

Grab your journal and answer these three questions:

1. What dream have you been putting off because the timing doesn't feel "right"? Be honest - what's the thing you keep saying you'll do "someday"?

2. What's the smallest, messiest step you could take toward that dream THIS WEEK? Think tiny - 15 minutes, one phone call, signing up for something, buying one supply. What can't you talk yourself out of?

3. What permission do you need to give yourself to take that step? Write it as a permission slip: "I give myself permission to..."

Remember: Your dreams don't need your perfection. They need your willingness to begin.