What if the biggest obstacle to creating a future isn’t age, money, health, or circumstances?
What if it’s the belief that you don’t have a future at all?
In this conversation, Mike and I explore why so many people reach retirement and unconsciously stop imagining new possibilities for themselves. We talk about how decades of responsibility, routine, and obligation can narrow our view of what is still possible, and why developing a relationship with curiosity may be one of the most important things we can do in this season of life.
Rather than focusing on goals, plans, or self-improvement strategies, we explore simple ways to begin seeing ourselves differently.
Some of the topics we discuss include:
• Pattern interruption and how to break out of habitual thinking
• Becoming a student of yourself and learning to notice where your attention naturally goes
• Why curiosity often reveals more than planning
• The difference between living from obligation and living from possibility
• How small daily practices can open the door to a larger future
Throughout the conversation, both of us share personal stories and examples from our own lives. Mike talks about intentionally walking through his backyard and paying attention to what captures his interest in the moment. I share how sitting quietly on my balcony beneath the stars has become one of the ways I reconnect with myself and remain open to what wants to emerge next.
This is not a conversation about creating a five-year plan.
It’s a conversation about remembering that you still have choices.
That you are still becoming.
And that your future may be far more expansive than you’ve allowed yourself to imagine.
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering, “What’s next for me?” this conversation is for you.
Thank you Donna Everett, Michael Kuhn, Penny Bruce, and many others for tuning into my live video with Mike Searles! Join me for my next live video in the app.
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Around here, we talk about self-trust, curiosity, reinvention, and creating a future that belongs to you.
You are not finished.
And neither is your story.
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