ABOUT THIS EPISODE
To get ready for episode 52, Krysta reread the transcript of episode one and laughed at one line: "Everybody is out here just trying to figure shit out." A year of big changes later, her update is that we're all still figuring it out. So for the show's one-year anniversary, she puts four of her own no such things to the test: which ones held up, which got more nuanced, and which ones she's only now actually living.
Everywhere You Go, There You Are
• There's no such thing as a fresh start. Every time you start over, you bring everything you've learned with you, including what you got right and what you screwed up
• Calling off a wedding in 2020, early in the pandemic and right after quitting her job, made every scary decision since feel smaller. She has more information now
• We decide an experience means something about who we are and then treat that conclusion as fact for years, forgetting we're the ones who gave it that meaning
She Made a Show About Not Picking a Lane, Then Wondered If She Should
• Journalism shapes her marketing, and coaching women on their health applies directly to running a business. Her interests were never random
• She still spent parts of this year wondering whether talking about marketing was confusing people. What's different now is that she judges herself a lot less for it
Staying in Your Own Lane Takes More Attention Than It Sounds Like
• Six years in, she still has days where she looks at a single episode's downloads and thinks she should be further along
• Five days a week, she writes down one way she's valuable simply by existing. Nothing she accomplished counts
• The ripple effect: a seven-year-old stopped to meet Bean, heard her name, and lit up: "My mom calls me that." Not what people expect from New York City
What Changed When the Coach Took Her Own Advice
• Years of telling Fitness FYX clients not to put their health in a separate box, and she still had plenty of "work first, workout later" days
• Now the workout comes first. She's down almost 50 pounds over two years, and she's more focused and energized on client calls
Fix Tip of the Week
• For seven days, take a few minutes each night to write down one moment when something positive happened simply because you exist. One rule: it can't be something you accomplished. Then notice whether it changes how you feel during the day
This Week's Exercise
Pick one thing you were certain about a year ago. Does it still hold up, and what's more nuanced about it now? DM Krysta at @thekrystahuber and tell her which belief you picked.
No Such Thing of the Week
There's no such thing as having yourself completely figured out. And that's a damn good thing.
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