07/10/2026
Have you acknowledged how far you have come?
I have been re-reading Rebecca Campbell's Rise Sister Rise which was first published in 2016 so a decade ago and I would have bought it around that time. The thing I found interesting is it was like reading it for the first time through new eyes. My lens while reading it had shifted because of what has happened over the last 10 years.
I know most of us don't have someone cheering us on saying look at how you handled that differently to how you would have not only 6 months ago but maybe even a decade ago. Often times we don't take the time to sit with how we have grown, evolved and changed over time. It will often show up as speaking up when we would have kept quiet, it might look like not attending networking events because you know how they are going to make you feel (refer to yesterday's post). A large part of those changes won't necessarily be obvious to others or even yourself until you have something to compare it to and then you go wow I handled that so much better than before.
I have had a lot happen in those 10 years, so it was interesting to see that reflected back just by reading a book that would have also felt relevant back then just as much as it does today.
I am here cheering you on in your evolution and watching you shift and change as you determine what's right for you. I honour you in the challenges you have faced and how you've shown up for yourself time and time again. None of it is a waste it has made you the person you are today, be proud of that, it takes courage to choose differently.