The BUT Flip

How often do you place what you want before the word “but” and then allow the obstacle to have the final say?In this episode, I share the story of a rainy morning in New York when a warm hotel room, jet lag and a long to-do list nearly stopped me from finally walking the High Line.I explore how changing the order of one sentence reduced the weight I had placed on the rain, why avoidance can disguise itself as productive “doing mode,” and how I distinguish a resistant thought from a body genuinely asking for recovery.If you’ve ever heard yourself say, “I want to, but…”, this is an invitation to pause, flip the sentence and notice what changes when the obstacle no longer gets the final word.The obstacle may still be real. The question is whether it deserves to make the decision for you.