Life is both too short and too long not to live it out loud. To do the things you love. To spend time with people who make your heart smile. And if you choose, to be in a relationship that’s loving, exciting, and deeply fulfilling — not one that just checks boxes or looks good on paper.

Somewhere along the way, we got lulled into complacency. We assume we’ll live to be 80 or 90, that there’s always more time. More time to travel. More time to reconnect. More time to start that business or end that relationship or say “I love you.” But life has a funny way of reminding us that tomorrow isn’t guaranteed. Everything can change in a blink of an eye.

So consider this your gentle (and maybe slightly sassy) nudge  to remember what truly matters. You may not agree with all of it, and that’s okay. Take what lands, leave what doesn’t.

Have you allowed your obligations to override your light, your love, your passion? When was the last time you felt really alive … not just busy, not just productive, but alive?

It’s so easy to lose ourselves in the constant doing – deadlines, caregiving, responsibilities, running from one thing to the next. But let’s be real – hiding behind “busy” is often just a way to avoid feeling how disconnected we’ve become from ourselves.

You’ve heard it a thousand times: put the oxygen mask on yourself first. But how many of us actually do that?

Are you eating food that nourishes your body or just grabbing whatever’s fastest?
Do you move your body in ways that feel good … walking, yoga, dancing, hitting the gym, anything that makes you feel strong and sexy and present?
Do you journal, meditate, breathe, or take five minutes in the morning before the world starts demanding pieces of you?

Because here’s the thing: life isn’t meant to be endured … it’s meant to be lived. Boldly. Beautifully. Loudly.

So stop waiting for the “right time.” It doesn’t exist. The right time is now.

Start with one thing that lights you up.  Something just for you. Then another. And another. Before you know it, you’ll be living life out loud, unapologetically, exactly as it’s meant to be lived.

Let’s do a fun little exercise … whether it’s in a journal or just a piece of paper, let’s write.

What would “living life out loud” look like for you  right now, in this season of your life?

Write down three things that make you feel most alive; the kind of things that light you up from the inside out. Then ask yourself:

1. How often do I actually make time for these things?
   
   
2. What (or who) tends to pull me away from them?
   
   
3. What’s one small change I can make this week to bring more of that aliveness into my everyday life?
   
   

Remember … it doesn’t have to be a big, dramatic overhaul. Sometimes the loudest changes start with the quiet decision to choose you first.