How far are you willing to go?

The final stretch is where the magic happens. 💫

I’ve never run a marathon, but now that I feel like I just finished one, I’m inspired to try it.

Nineteen months. That’s how long it took me to write, edit and submit my second book.

Considering my first book took five years to finish, that’s quite an accomplishment—for me.

With this book, though, I took zero breaks. I lived and breathed it every day of those 19 months. It was my first thought of the morning, and my last thought at night. So yup, by the end, I was TIRED.

Exhausted.

Wiped out.

I had nothing more to give.

The cool thing about that is—for probably the first time in my life, I could truly say that I went all the way. I gave everything I had. I held nothing back. I really did do the best I could.

And isn’t that all we can ask of ourselves, and others?

Like I tell my kids, I don’t care how well you do at [insert school/sports/projects and performances]. All that matters is that you did the best you could.

What’s amazing is that in the last days as I prepped my book for submission, I felt like the universe was finally on my side.

The beginning of the book, which had essentially remained the same since I first drafted it up a year and a half ago, was swapped out with a completely new first chapter, just days of meeting my declared completion date.

The book title that I had agonized over for 19 months, finally clicked into place in the last 19 minutes.

And just as I was reading the final page of my book for the last time before sending it to my agent, the same song I was reading about started playing on my Spotify.

As I drove off to pick up my kids from school, just minutes after I sent the manuscript to my agent, another song came on my Spotify. It was the same song I was listening to when the idea for the book first unspooled before me.

If that’s not a sign to let go, I don’t know what is.

My point is, writing a book, or making any passion project, really, is freaking hard. You’ll want to give up. You’ll think of a million reasons why it’s not going to work, and why it’s a waste of your time. Your arms and legs will tire. Your mind will go blank.

And if you stick with it, when you think you’ve got nothing left, God and magic and miracles will step in to carry you the rest of the way.

Cat xo

PS: Have a passion project or book idea you’d like to explore? Book a call with me and I’ll support you any way I can!