i almost didn't send this (my brain wasn't cooperating this week)

At 10:15 pm last night (Thursday), I started this email.

But my goal is to send emails out on Thursday. During the day.

Theoretically, I should’ve made it. I had a draft done earlier this week.

The trouble was, I simply couldn’t finish it. Even though I really like writing.

This was just one of those weeks where everything seemed hard.

Objectively, nothing extraneous was going on to make things more challenging. Getting things done was just tough to impossible.

Brains are like that sometimes…they just don’t want to, and there’s no talking them out of it.

Now, nothing terrible will happen if I don’t email you on Thursday mornings.

I mean, I suppose you may have noticed the missing email and so maybe you spent the day stress-eating cheesecake while fretting over my well-being. But I’m guessing not.

(If you did, you’re an absolute dear!! I’m sorry I worried you. And I hope the cheesecake was delicious.)

This is one of those times I give myself grace for missing my goal and don’t beat myself up about it.

But then what?

Skip the email entirely? I could’ve…does anyone even read emails on Friday?

I planned on switching my email day to Tuesday next week, anyway, to coincide with podcast days. I just could’ve waited till then. That might’ve even seemed intentional.

But I'd know it wasn’t intentional…and passing it off like it was might be a slippery slope for me. I know myself…my line between letting one thing slide and starting an avalanche is a fine one.

So I decided to send an email—late and on a completely different topic—to share with you the struggles I sometimes have in my own business with my own brain and with my own goals.

Because even an imperfect step towards a goal is still a step forward.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Imperfectly,

Kristen