Let yourself take the next step

Not choosing what’s best for you is the surest way to never really take the next step in your life. I’ve found that one of the biggest stressors for the last three years for me has been overwork. I’ve totally burned myself out mentally and physically, on numerous occasions. As a result, I’ve made the decision to get a home in Costa Rica, and live their part time. I’ll be moving February 23rd and living there in-between book launches (next one is Spring 2015), and flying back when I need to, for work on my other projects.

Four years ago, I told my mom that my dream was to live part time in Central America, where I could live more slowly, and also write. I’ve battled myself about making the choice, for the last three months, trying to make every excuse as to why I should not do it, and I’ve finally decided a few weeks ago.

I believe that it’s easy, when things are going well, to not take the next step toward what could be even more beautiful in our lives. Because, well, good stuff is comfortable and familiar.

You may say to yourself, “well, if I do this, then I may miss out on that…” but sometimes we have to give up what’s going well to experience the next waves of adventure.

Often times we know what we really, really, really want to do with life, but we don’t take the step. Because of this, or that, or someone’s opinion, or fear, or lack of certainty.. and every moment that we wait, we suppress ourselves.

I chose to not suppress myself any longer. When we do this, we open ourselves up. We see, on a deeper level, how much we care about ourselves. Life gets more peaceful. Life gets simpler. Life gets more full.

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