This hospital recliner is murdering my back.

It’s 11:24 PM. Ted Lasso’s playing on a tiny speaker. My 82-year-old grandmother is relaxing after birthday cake and our terrible rendition of “Happy Birthday.”

Today is my Mamaw’s birthday and we got the whole crew together to celebrate her with a surprise party in the hospital dining room. It was exactly as heartwarming as it sounds.

If you asked most of the youtube business gurus they’d say I should be home answering emails. Editing videos. Running a business.

But I’m not.

And for the first time in months, I know I’m exactly where I need to be.

I’m lucky my grandmother is only in here after a fall, and healthy otherwise, but it still feels cathartic to be spending the night here with her in some ways.

I remember, a few years ago, my grandfather was dying… and even though my time as an EMT should have better prepared me, I haven’t always been very good at wrapping my head around death and losing someone.

I kept telling myself I’d visit “next week” when things calmed down. When I finished that project. When I had more time.

That next week never came.

My grandfather, one of my biggest heroes, passed before I got another chance.

It’s still one of my biggest regrets.

But it did teach me the the brutal truth about “later” and it helped make the decision of coming to spend the night as easy as pie.

See, “Later” is a lie we tell ourselves to avoid hard choices.

We think we have unlimited time to finish everything we want to do.

We don’t.

We more than likely will only have just enough time to finish the few things that actually matter to us, if we’re brave enough to choose them.

Tonight, I chose my grandmother over my to-do list. Soon she’ll be out of here, healthy and laughing at Ted Lasso jokes. And now we have “our show” to watch together for future sleepovers I hope take place after we leave this hospital.

And me? I won't be riddled with regret that I never made the time to spend with her and let her know how much she matters to me.

After my grandfather I learned something important:

Every decision to do something is a decision NOT to do a thousand other things.

I used to think this was paralyzing. All those possibilities! How could I possibly choose?

Eventually I realized, The people who finish things aren’t the ones with the most options. They’re the ones who cut off all the other options on purpose.

They choose one thing. Then they see it through.

Not because it’s perfect. Not because it’s the “best” choice.

Because choosing imperfectly beats choosing nothing at all.

So I ask you this: What are you choosing?

What I’m Working on this week

In an effort to share a bit more of what I’m working on every week, I thought I’d share the biggest challenges I’m working on in my business this week:

The Camera Problem: I hate being on camera. But I made a bet with a community member that we'd post more consistently and I know I need to make more. Here’s my first attempt in a long time, too dark, but it’s done. Next video goal: better lighting. Progress over perfection.

The Onboarding Problem: Too many people join the community and feel overwhelmed. I’m rebuilding the first-day experience so it’s ridiculously simple to start using the 12-week scorecard and make actual progress on what matters.

The Behind-the-Scenes Problem: I promised to show how I use my second brain to build businesses from scratch. Studio’s set up. First episode drops this week in the community.

Telling More Stories: I need to work on sharing more of my story and my experiences with the audience and the world and this is email is one of my first attempts to do that. I'm currently reading "How to write Funnier" and "Storyworthy" to work on my storytelling abilities.

The lesson: The only way to get better at finishing things is to finish things. Even when they’re imperfect. Especially when they’re imperfect.

This Week’s Truth Bomb

From my morning pages: “Do I want it to be perfect? Or do I want it to be done? Because I can only have one.”

What I Actually Finished

My first video in months (Why I never finished anything…). Check it out and let me know what you think! I'm working on getting better and creating more videos and content focused on the future of work, running and starting an online business, and how to finish more things that matter.
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Your Turn

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What’s the one thing you keep saying you’ll do “when you have more time”?

What would happen if you started it this week instead?

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P.S. My grandmother just told me how glad she is I’m here. Time to put this down and be present with her. 🤎