The Spark of One

So, you're building something. A business, a skill, a life that actually feels like yours. And you look around, you see where you want to be... and then you look at where you are . That gap? It can feel huge. Like, "I'm-never-going-to-get-there" huge. It’s totally normal to feel embarrassed. It's natural to want to hide that gap. To pretend we're closer to the finish line than we are. But that doesn't actually help, does it? It gets in the way. Think about it like this: Imagine you're learning to play guitar. You can barely make a C chord sound clean, but you dream of shredding like Hendrix. You wouldn't show up to your first lesson pretending you're already a guitar god, right? You’d look ridiculous. You know you have to put in the hours of practice, to fumble through the basics, before you get anywhere near "Voodoo Child." Your business, your skills, your anything – it’s the same. That gap isn't a sign of failure. It's a...