Life Between The Leap and Flat Ground

In almost every decision I've made in the last year, I've taken the risk. The decision that isn't clean cut seems like where I should live now. Playing it safe is cool. Doing the right thing helps, but it never delivers the results one wants, or it really wasn't getting me what I wanted out of life.....

It wasn't until yesterday that I realized that the risk paid off even if the compensation wasn't immediate. I didn't settle. I forced myself to get uncomfortable. I jumped when everyone else stayed on the cliff.

I refused mediocrity and went for something that made me happier long term. I cut out the bad yet addictively comfortable people in my life and traded them out for people who push me. People who make me feel alive. People who bring out the next level of work required to be that next level me. People who challenged the lens I saw my life through and made me wonder is this it? Am i just going to live a life that's comfortable or am I going to at least attempt to make it something on my terms.

I chose to let my emotions be what they needed to be instead of bottling.

I chose to throw the metaphorical middle finger at people who long past deserved it.

I chose to love.

I chose to take less interest in people who only open up their mouth to be negative.

I chose to chase the dream and use whatever means possible to attain it.

I chose to allow the messiness to be apart of my story and stop cleaning up.

I chose to start changing the narrative of relationships that weren't supporting me.

And I'm nowhere near done taking leaps. I could've chosen to date someone familiar and unimaginative. I could've just taken a dead end opportunity. I could've stopped being so stubborn despite that it may be the reason it makes me great.

But none of those decisions would put me where I am today. They would've kept in the misery that was clawing at my soul every day I woke up.

I'm not done clawing for things and forcing myself off the side of the cliff. I see people clinging to things that are familiar out of fear and I can't let that become who I am.

I'm a little new to all this crazy game time decision stuff.

Welcome to the Madness.

Take the plunge and stay sharp if you hit the water.

Xoxo,

Shani

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