Tending to the Garden
And why I've decided to pause a new project to nurture what's already growing.
There's a particular kind of energy that comes with a new idea.
For me, that was Side B, my new podcast.
The concept felt right, the conversations I had planned were exciting, and there was a momentum to it that was pulling me forward.
But lately, I’ve been noticing another feeling, a familiar one.
A sense of being spread thin.
Like light from a single source being diffused over too wide an area—everything gets a little dimmer.
My energy and focus were being divided between the work I’m already doing and the work I was about to begin.
And so, after sitting with it for a while, I’ve made a quiet decision.
I’m pressing pause on Side B.
It’s not because the idea is bad, or the passion has faded. It’s a choice about where my energy belongs right now. It belongs with my main channel, with the community we’ve already built. It belongs in the work of making what is already there better, deeper, and more sustainable.
It feels like a note to self about the difference between a good idea and the right time.
And the strange thing is, making this decision doesn’t feel like a step back.
It feels like relief.
It feels like clarity.
It feels like coming home to the work that is right in front of me.
Maybe we’ll visit Side B later in the year, maybe not.
For now, I’m content to tend to the garden I’m already in.
Love!