The Everyday Precipice

We tend to think of “the precipice” — that cliff’s-edge moment before a big beginning — as something monumental.

A career change.

A breakup.

A cross-country move.

A leap of faith that shakes the ground beneath us.

But the truth is, we stand on that edge every single day.

Each conversation, each choice, each moment of stillness — they all carry the power to shift who we’re becoming.

A few weeks ago, I was reminded of that in something as ordinary as boarding a plane.

Terin stayed behind; I flew home. Nothing dramatic. No thunder or fanfare. Just the quiet awareness that when I returned to my own routine, I’d be slightly different — shaped by new sights, new challenges, new moments of courage.

And I was.

That trip was a success in every sense. I taught my first in-person classes. I launched my coaching website.

I did things that once lived firmly in the category of “someday,” and came home knowing I’d crossed a line I’d been inching toward for years.

And that’s the thing about life: We’re always starting over. Not in the dramatic, earth-shaking ways we imagine, but in the small, steady ways that accumulate  one breath, one choice, one quiet moment at a time.

What if “starting over” was never meant to be a single terrifying leap…but the way we live, every day?