🧠 The stars are aligning

In a world where you can be anything, be someone who squeezes every drop out of life and at the end says “I had fun.”

Let’s get into it.

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1. You’re NOT running out of time.

By 30 you’ve lived for about 11,000 days. Sounds like a lot until you realize you likely have more than 18,000 days still ahead.

You’ll take 100,000 more photos. You’ll eat more than 30,000 pieces of fruit. You’ll meet over 2,000 new people. You’ll pet 3,000 dogs.

You still have thousands of “firsts” left - first time wandering the streets of Tokyo, first time trying a recipe, first time realizing you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be.

Most people fall in love after 30. Sometimes for the first time, sometimes falling even harder for the partner who’s been there all along.

30 isn’t old. 40 isn’t old. That’s when your life begins to feel bigger, not smaller.

You’re not running out of time. You still have stories to live that will become your favorites to tell.

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2. Think about what you’ve already proven…

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the paths we take in life to get to the place, the joy, the love, and the success we want. Plainly put, that path is almost always filled with pain. Survival. Overcoming. I think we should appreciate that fact, and realize it’s the foundation for our life’s best chapter.

You’ve proven you can survive what should’ve broken you. Now it’s time for life to stop testing you and start rewarding you.

You’ve proven you can rebuild after everything fell apart, now it’s time for long overdue upgrades.

You’ve proven you’re willing to make the quiet sacrifices. Now it’s time to receive loud blessings.

You’ve proven you can pull yourself out of dark places, now it’s time to have people who stay by your side through every plot twist.

You’ve proven you can break free of generational cycles, now it’s time to experience joy that lasts for lifetimes.

You’ve proven you can keep faith when everything around you is a mess. Now it’s time for that mess to become magic.

You’ve proven you can be your own closure. Now it’s time to experience love that doesn’t leave you guessing or gaslit.

3. A secret to happiness?

Stop waiting for the stars to align and start dancing under the ones already shining.

Last week’s podcast episodes

729 - Some things matter, some things don’t: How to be more optimistic by embracing the temporary nature of certain feelings. Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

730 - Are you compatible with them? (one question to ask): In this episode I talk about a lens of "you" and how to use it to find clarity. Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

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

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