45 feet ... [🐝U]

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45 feet.

That's how far I moved the trailer this weekend.

Same trailer.
Same mud.
Same unfinished property.

But the second I sat down to work this morning with the sunrise coming through the tent side … it felt like my nervous system unclenched.

& it feels like a completely different place to live.

Through the tent now, I catch the sunrise.
On the other side, the sunset.
Out the kitchen window … treeline & pasture, wide open & quiet.

The unfinished barn.
The construction chaos.
The driveway and gate that collects water even when the sky just thinks of rain …
Still there. Nothing got fixed.
I just don't have any windows facing that direction anymore.

Same mess.
I just not staring directly at it anymore.

& I've been sitting with that ... because it's what most of us get wrong when we're stuck.

We try fixing the view instead of moving the trailer

When something isn't working, the instinct’s to fix it.
Fix the offer … the website.
Fix the copy … the funnel.
Fix yourself.

& sometimes that's right. Sometimes the thing genuinely needs fixing.

But most of the time... the setup is fine.
You're just aimed at the chaos.

You're doing the work at the kitchen table while the kids are home.
You're trying to think strategically during the 45 minutes between meetings.
You're writing your newsletter in the same headspace you use for your job.
You're staring directly at everything that's unfinished & wondering why you can't get momentum.

The problem isn't always what you're doing.
Sometimes it's what you're facing.

Here's what repositioning in business looks like

It's not a pivot.
It's not a rebrand.
It's not starting over.

It's smaller than that … & usually faster.
→ Move your work block to before the house wakes up instead of after it quiets down
→ Write to 1 specific person instead of "my audience"
→ Turn so the noise is behind you... & the thing you actually want is in front

None of those are fixes.
Nothing got repaired.

You just stopped giving it your kitchen window.

& no … that's not the same as turning your back on it

Let me be clear about something.

The barn's still unfinished.
The driveway's still a mess.
I still need to sort out water & a proper place to live.

None of that got solved by moving 45 feet.
But I'm not staring at it from the kitchen anymore while I'm trying to think.

& that's not the same as ignoring it.

The list is the same list.
The deadlines are the same.
I just stopped letting the chaos be the backdrop to every quiet moment I have

Because those quiet moments are exactly where the thinking happens that'll let me actually deal with it.

Same problems.
Different position.
Completely different capacity to handle them.

& then there's the part I didn't plan for

Maybe that’s why this whole idea of repositioning hit me harder than usual this week.

Because while I was moving the trailer…
another kind of move was happening too.

Mamma Mia’s house sold this week.

She passed almost 2 years ago.
The house is where she & my dad lived the longest … a 4,000 sq ft chapter of our family's life, 30+ years of nooks & crannies & things quietly stashed so they're out of the way.

Now I have until July 31st to pack it, move what I can, & hand the keys to someone else.

Here's the math:
→ even when there's a cabin or tiny house built on the new property, it won't be more than 400 sq ft.
So most of it doesn't come with me.
Most of it gets donated, sold, thrown out … let go.

& here's the other thing July 31st means.

Up until now, there's been a fallback.
The house, if it got too cold.
Hot running water, if I needed it.
A plan B that I never said out loud but always knew was there.

That's gone now.
The bridge is burning.

& I’ll be honest with you…
there were a couple of moments this week where I just sat there staring at the barn & driveway & broken water barrels thinking:

‘What if I’m actually in over my head here?’

Not inspirational or brave.
Just tired enough to finally admit the pressure feels real now.

Not because I've chosen to go all in.
Because all in is the only option left.

Readiness doesn't come first

We like to tell ourselves we’ll go all in when we feel ready.
That's not how it works.

Readiness doesn't show up before the backdoor closes.
It shows up after.

Maybe the reason plan A still feels shaky is because part of you never actually left plan B.

Maybe you’re still checking job postings at night.
Still keeping that one client because losing them feels too scary.
Still taking another course instead of putting your work into the world where it can actually be judged.

We call it being responsible.
But sometimes it’s just fear with better branding.

But the feeling doesn't come first.
It comes from the removing.

I keep waiting for the moment where this all suddenly feels smart.
Hasn’t happened yet.

Most days it still feels more like falling than flying.
But maybe that’s what commitment’s supposed to feel like before it turns into confidence.

I didn't move the trailer because I had a perfect plan.
I moved it because the wind was going to take the tent, the water was building up 5 feet from the door, & staying put wasn't actually safe anymore.

The better view was a surprise.
That's usually how it goes.

So here's what I want to ask you

What part of your life are you still calling a ‘backup plan’…
when deep down you already know it’s the reason you haven’t fully moved yet?
→ The job you're hanging onto.
→ The client you can't quite fire.
→ The course you're taking instead of launching.
→ The plan B that lets you not fully commit to plan A.

I'm not saying blow it up today.
I'm saying... notice it.

Notice that the safety net might be the thing holding you in the wrong position.

Nothing actually changed.
But somehow everything felt lighter the second I stopped staring directly at the mess.

That’s it.
No breakthrough.
No master plan.
Just 45 feet in a different direction.

Tell me … what would you reposition if you stopped trying to fix the view first?

Make it a great “moving” week!
EG

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