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1420: I Finally Did It! Years In The Making...
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- Jun 8, 2026
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Summary
This week I did something I'd been telling myself for over a year I couldn't do. Not wouldn't. Couldn't. It was too complicated, I didn't know where to start, I didn't have time, and the first time I asked, I got told no. And then I finally did it. In a matter of weeks. In this episode, I walk you through the whole thing. What I was telling myself for that year of not doing it. The story (from a real estate book I cannot for the life of me name) that finally moved me. The actual chain of small, almost embarrassing steps that got me from sitting on this for over a year to having it done. And what I've taken out of it that I think will help you with whatever your version of this is. Because if you've got a thing in your life right now that you keep meaning to do, keep thinking about, keep telling yourself you'll get to when life calms down, this is for you. We get into: Why "I don't have time" and "it's too complicated" are almost never the real reason we're not moving The clarity problem underneath most procrastination (and why it's not what you think) Why you don't get to see the whole staircase before you start, and what to do instead The truck-vacuuming move, and what it actually looks like in real life How to break a giant overwhelming thing into pieces small enough that one of them stops feeling like a thing What to do when you hit the part you genuinely don't understand (this is where most people stop, and it's the easiest thing in the world to solve) Real-world examples for weight loss, starting a business, the hard conversation you've been avoiding, and the work project that's been sitting open in a tab for three weeks The one question to ask yourself this week that will get you unstuck If this episode resonates and you're realizing that your version of this isn…