Personal Growth in Trying Times
We’re in a season of retrogrades. Of change. Metamorphosis.
Either you’re growing—or you’re doomed to remain as you are for the rest of your days.
I can’t stand sitting still. Maybe it’s because I’m neurospicy or something—I haven’t been officially diagnosed, so don’t take me at my word—but it genuinely frustrates me when people act like time is just moving around them, without them.
Being present is a skill.
You can’t see forward if you don’t know where you’re standing now. And while I wish this was common sense, I’ve learned (the hard way) that for many people, it’s not.
Let’s be clear: these are trying times.
And no, I won’t force you to act. I won’t try to convince you to think or believe like I do. Because I know this much—you only hear what you have the ears to listen for.
When the Storm Hits
The last few weeks have been rough.
Turbulent. Uncomfortable. Clarifying.
And if you’ve been in the weeds too, maybe this will land.
There’s nothing like chaos in your personal life to put things in perspective. And when the storm hit for me, some of the changes I’d been putting off just… happened.
Like a download straight to the spirit.
Change doesn’t happen when you’re comfortable.
That’s the whole lesson.
Full stop.
Are you avoiding discomfort? Are you resisting change?
If so… that’s unfortunate. Truly.
Where Power Meets Limit
I’m not someone who believes I have full control over my life. So I don’t expect that of you, either.
Live and let live.
And since I’m building my name on the internet by sharing essays like this—by unloading the thoughts and tools that have helped me navigate personal growth—it boggles my mind that some people are making entire careers selling the illusion that you can manifest your way out of reality. That you alone can override systems, institutions, or divine timing.
Please disillusion yourself from that idea.
There’s a border. A limit. A place where your personal power meets the vast, unknowable workings of the universe.
That border is where institutions, culture, luck, and other forces collide with you.
It’s spiritual, yes—but it’s also deeply pragmatic.
Because it’s at that edge that collective change happens.
We are social creatures. Always have been.
No transformation happens in isolation. Nothing occurs in a vacuum.
You’ve never changed without someone or something pushing you. If you’re not being challenged right now, ask yourself why.
And if you are being challenged—what are you doing with that energy?
Discomfort is a Signal
When I meet people whose lives look the same as they did a year ago—or five years ago—it’s obvious.
There’s a discomfort they’re not engaging. A challenge they’re avoiding. An edge they’ve refused to meet.
Again… how unfortunate.
