🧠 Life is about to get good again

If you’re reading this… it is because life is done testing you and is about to start rewarding you. Don’t question it. Your waiting season is over. It’s time for your blooming season. Life is about to show you how good it can get.

Let’s get into one simple mindset for Sunday.

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Life is about to get good (again)

That’s my claim. Of course, I don’t know you, and I can’t say this in the context of what’s going on specifically in your life, but I can say that, broadly speaking… life is about to feel good again. Emphasis on feel good.

A study called Subjective Well-Being and Adaptation to Life Events from 2012 looked at hundreds of instances where people rated their life satisfaction every year - sometimes for a decade or more. Researchers then tracked what happened when those people went through major life changes - losing a job, getting married, getting sick, moving, breaking up, having kids, or retiring.

At first, happiness clearly shifted - people felt worse after bad events and better after good ones. But the data showed that, after some time, most people’s happiness drifted back toward where it was before the event. The lows didn’t last forever. It didn’t happen overnight, but over months or years, people naturally found a new normal.

Even when life knocks you down, you’re wired to bounce back.

That’s what’s so easy to forget when you’re in a low — that it’s just that: a low. Not a permanent new reality. Not the end of your story. Life has rhythm. Sometimes it slows down, sometimes it crashes, but it always finds its tempo again.

The science just puts words to what your soul already knows - pain fades, joy returns, and life goes on.

When I say life is about to feel good again, I’m not necessarily saying it’s going to rewind. I’m saying it’s going to upgrade. Because you’re not coming back as the same version of yourself. You’re coming back with proof - proof that you can endure, rebuild, and still want joy after being hurt.

That’s the quiet magic of these in-between seasons: they incubate transformation. Researchers who study post-traumatic growth often talk about how adversity forces what they call “cognitive restructuring.” Basically, your beliefs about yourself and the world get demolished and then rebuilt with better materials. You start questioning everything: What actually matters? Who actually cares? What do I really want? And as painful as that process might feel, it’s what frees you.

So maybe that’s the real beauty of it — the return. Not a rewind, not a redo, but a return. A coming home to yourself after getting lost in everything life threw at you. Because that’s what every hard season really is — a temporary departure. You lose touch with joy, lightness, faith in what’s possible.

But none of it ever disappears… it just waits for you to catch your breath and come back.

-Case

I was on The Today Show recently teaching "the language of optimism" by having the hosts construct their own handwritten sentences of hope.

Interesting fact: Neuroscientists have found that verbs associated with movement (“grow,” “shift,” “learn”) activate motor regions in the brain - the same ones used when you physically move. Action-oriented language literally primes your body for progress. Optimism is grammatical. It’s choosing to describe life as in motion rather than in conclusion. 

» I’d love to lead a “Language of Optimism” keynote or workshop for your organization/community. I’ve brought these sessions to thousands and worked with companies like the NFL, Meta, Nespresso, Mattel, The Four Seasons, Nike, and Chase Bank. If interested, please visit this page and reach out.

My name is Case. I believe in the power of perspective.

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