Still reprinting articles from my now dead newsletter “Rhythm & Resolve” on LinkedIn. Here it is.
Comfort has a quiet cost.
When life is mostly working, it becomes easy to stop noticing what is broken. We scroll past the need. We explain away the tension. We tell ourselves someone else will deal with it.
But every meaningful change begins with a burden.
Not a vague complaint. Not outrage for performance. Not the kind of frustration that makes us cynical.
A real burden.
Something you can no longer ignore. Something that interrupts your comfort long enough to ask, “Am I supposed to do something about this?”
Cadence begins there.
Before the plan, before the strategy, before the habit tracker, before the public commitment, something has to matter deeply enough to move you.
Most people want purpose to arrive fully formed. But often, purpose starts as discomfort.
It’s a tug... a concern. A problem you keep noticing or a gap you can’t un-see.
Do not rush past that.
Let it bother you.
Sit with it long enough for it to become honest. Ask what it reveals about your values. Ask what kind of person it is inviting you to become and then reckon with the answer.
The first step toward rebuilding is not action.
It is attention: paying attention to what breaks your heart.
There’s a calling hidden inside it.