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EPISODE · Jan 15, 2026 · 12 MIN

You Can Try Forever, But I Choose Doing

from When the Strongest Person I Knew Was Gone — Me · host Jetaime Ribbink

✨ You can try forever and never end up doing. People throw out the word try so easily, it looks like effort, but it’s really hesitation, a soft no disguised as action. From a distance, trying looks effortless, but it’s a stall, a holding pattern to doing nothing at all.Right now I live like I mean it. I move like it matters. Intentionally. Because I want to heal, I want a better life, I want to do. My daughters know I despise the sentence I’m trying. You need to risk, speak, and move without fear. Action. Intention. Presence.Trying feels safe. You can try forever and never change, evolve, or grow. I lived in “trying” mode for months, until I realized: if I didn’t fully commit, I had already lost. Fear disguised itself as flexibility. I’ll try was fear.So I chose doing. I chose to show up imperfect, vulnerable, unapologetically me, not the athlete, not the champion, but the woman rebuilding herself one intentional step at a time. I gave myself permission to fail, to struggle, to be seen. And I learned that small steps are sacred.Healing isn’t glamorous. It’s quiet, slow, sometimes unimpressive to others, but monumental to me. I don’t need to be perfect. I don’t need to be entirely organized. But I do have to show up. Every single day.🌐 Connect with me:Instagram: @jetaimeribbink | Facebook: Jet’aime RibbinkX (Twitter): ChangedOvernite | YouTube: ChangedOvernitePodcast: When The Strongest Person I Knew Was Gone — Me Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Afripods: ChangedOverniteSubstack & Medium: ChangedOvernite#HealingJourney #IntentionalLiving #DoNotTry #Resilience#Authenticity #LifeAfterLoss #ChangedOvernite#MentalHealthAwareness #StrengthInVulnerability#KeepShowingUp #Consistency #GrowthMindset#FearlessLiving #StudentAthleteMom #SouthAfrica#WomenWhoInspire #NeverGiveUphttps://open.substack.com/pub/changedovernight/p/you-can-try-forever-but-i-choose?r=6w1way&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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✨ You can try forever and never end up doing. People throw out the word try so easily, it looks like effort, but it’s really hesitation, a soft no disguised as action. From a distance, trying looks effortless, but it’s a stall, a holding pattern to...

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