Hi Reader,

Six+ months ago, I moved my family of 5 from Seattle to Mexico.

That was the easy part.

We packed up our belongings, And came with just 1 suitcases + carry ons.

Stepped into the unknown:
A city we’d never even visited.
A school we hadn’t seen.
A climate that we’d never lived in.
A language we barely spoke. (Hello Duolingo! 😅)

Everyone asks “why?”
But the better question is “why not?”
Why keep doing the same thing if it’s not lighting you up?

Here’s what nobody tells you about making a big life change:
​The hardest part isn’t what you think it’ll be.

It’s not the language barrier (though that’s humbling).
It’s not the cultural differences (though that’s eye-opening).
It’s not figuring out how do life here (though that takes energy).
It’s not even missing home (though moments hit hard).

The hardest part?

Letting go.

Not just of stuff.

But of the idea of who you thought you were.
The version built on external markers.

Your identity gets so wrapped up in:
• Where you live
• What you own
• How others see you
• What you do for work
• Where your kids go to school
• The comfortable routines

Strip all that away and what’s left?

Just you. Raw. And exposed.
Confronting the patterns you thought were choices.

And here’s the wild part:

Life doesn’t just “go on” - it expands.

You realize how much of your life was running on autopilot. How many decisions weren’t really decisions at all. How many assumptions were baked into daily life. The comfortable grooves we wear deep without realizing.

It’s efficient, maybe. But is it alive?

It’s easy to let most of our choices be defaults.
We’re a product of our environment.
And the easiest thing to do is to do nothing at all.
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Especially when you’ve built something significant, the routines can become gilded cages.
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Keeping you busy, but maybe not on the work that truly matters.

Just keep the patterns. Habits. Expectations.

Now?

My kids surprise me with their Spanish skills every day.
I’m finding new spaces to breathe inside myself.
Time moves slower.
Priorities rearrange themselves.

And in place of attachments?
Space. Joy. Freedom.

This space isn’t just empty.
It’s potential.
It makes me think about how we structure our work too.
How much there runs on autopilot?
How much energy goes into things that could be handled differently?

Freeing us up to move closer to the fire of the work only we can do.
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Letting smart systems, and AI tuned to our way of thinking, handle the rest.

I’m sure it won’t always be like this.
I’ll attach and settle into a new normal.
Old patterns will try to creep back in.

But I’m learning (yet again) how the best of life…

and the most meaningful work…

… is on the other side of letting go.

🚀

Here's to letting go,

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