Hey friends, it's Rosie here.
Welcome to Radioheadspace.
Most days when I sit down with you here,
I talk about being in the present moment, why grounding ourselves in the now matters.
and how letting go of the past or loosening our grip on the future can help us come back to ourselves.
But I want to say something that might sound surprising, because I think it's important to clarify.
Being present doesn't mean ignoring the past or pretending the future doesn't exist.
When I decided to go back to grad school, I didn't just wake up one morning and say, let's do this.
It came from a deeper place, a desire to expand, to evolve.
and to support the work I already do in a way that felt more aligned.
But I'll be honest, there were moments where the future planning started to take over.
What would my schedule look like?
Could I still manage everything?
Was I doing the right thing?
That's when I had to remind myself, yes, it's important to plan,
but the only place I can make those plans real is right here, in this moment.
I remember sitting at my dining table, surrounded by open notebooks,
course catalogs, and sticky notes filled with timelines and application deadlines.
It was full-blown vision board energy.
And I was spiraling a bit.