The suggestions to make pros & cons lists are almost as copious as my pros & cons lists.

Mainly, they look like this:

For far too long, I have been living on the pivot point of a fear-based seesaw that is perpetually tilting just enough to keep me off-balance.

But ultimately, life is a series of pros & cons lists, some far more unbalanced than others.

Sit down with your 22-year-old self, and discuss.

There are novels and movies and tv shows about the Big Event that makes someone Drop Everything and Change Their Life.

Maybe your Big Event is smaller, so your Change is smaller.

Not everything has to be monumentous.

But change is scary. Sometimes, that keeps you in place until the consistency becomes scary too. And fear is a terrific motivator.

So you have a choice.

Several choices, really. But it all comes down to two:

And so I chose ‘go’.

Not how I wanted to. It’s a faltering but wholehearted leap.

A pause to catch my breath.

And then a continuation, with something new. Something better.

What is to come will be lighter, brighter, and hopefully more entertaining.

I hope you’ll leap with me.

; Payton