You know the meeting.

Operations is excited. Finance looks concerned. Someone says, “Let’s circle back once we have more data” - which everyone knows is really just a polite, “No.” It’s the corporate equivalent of ghosting - via spreadsheet.

That’s usually when someone sighs, stares down the table, and quietly mutters what everyone’s thinking: “Finance kills everything.”

Accepting that some places are only home to part of the story, that some experiences don’t stretch beyond that one chapter, and that some people only make an appearance in the prologue – especially when they are the places, experiences, and relationships we have cherished the most and worked the hardest for - that takes courage. That can be scary – and painful. But intentionally letting go of what is gone - and of the boundaries, rules, and expectations that so often cause us to feel tied to them - frees up space for what is here.

What was the point in the first place?