The Friction of Forward

Everyone says they want change until change shows up in its realest form:

New.
Hard.
Unfamiliar.
Uncomfortable.

The truth is, most people don’t stay stuck because they’re unclear.
They stay stuck because they know exactly what needs to change and they can’t bring themselves to do it.

I knew California was the move.
Not just physically but energetically.
A whole new ecosystem.

But to step into that, I had to release something good.
Something stable.
Someone familiar.

And that’s where most of us freeze.
Not in failure; in comfort.

Because even when something better is on the other side,
the current thing is known.
Safe.
Predictable.

But I went. Alone.
And that’s where it happened.

I got to rebuild without expectation.
To explore without labels.
To emerge without permission.