When Your Values Change, Your Life Has to Change Too
Weekly Dose of Work Recovery Vol. 4.9.25
Are Your Habits Aligned with Your Values?
It’s wild to admit this, but we’re listing the house we still call our dream home.
Not because anything is wrong. It’s beautiful here. Spacious. Peaceful. Everything we once thought we wanted. But lately, we’ve been asking better questions. And the biggest one is this:
Are we living in a way that reflects what we value most right now?
The truth? No, we weren’t.
After leaving the employment law firm I co-founded, something unexpected happened. The traditional ambition I once wore like armor started to feel heavy, like a performance. The metrics of “success” I used to chase - square footage, polished image, status - started to feel like distractions.
In their place? Minimalism. Growth. Experiences. The desire to feel more free, not just appear accomplished.
So we took inventory. And realized the habits we were living, the home maintenance, fixed routines, being tied to one place, were quietly at odds with what matters most to us now: Time freedom. Travel. Presence.
So we made the choice to list our dream home.
Not because it wasn’t enough. But because we changed.
This isn’t about real estate. It’s about alignment.
When’s the last time you paused long enough to ask:
Are my current habits supporting my deepest values?
Am I clinging to something that used to make sense—but doesn’t anymore?
What would it look like to build a life that reflects this version of me?
Here’s your invitation:
Take 10 minutes this week. Ask those questions. Write down what’s true now, not what used to be true for you based on a prior version of you.
Then give yourself permission to evolve and let go of the version of success that no longer fits. We did.
It's our big leap in the better direction. What does your big leap look like?
This Week's Did You Know? We're Missing 1.7M Workers…
The U.S. is missing 1.7M workers from pre-pandemic workforce levels. The reasons are nuanced but half of unemployed workers are opting out because they'll only work in a remote role, there were a glut of early Boomer retirements, younger workers are opting out of traditional paths are all part of the story, and most notably, childcare costs continue to significantly hamper mainly women from re-entering the workforce.
Five years later and the pandemic impact lingers on...
Source: Understanding America's Labor Shortage, US Chamber of Commerce
Links & Resources We Love Right Now
A listen: Want to learn more how to rewire your brain for good? Listen to this mini episode with a neuroscientist on how to change your brains pathways to support your goals.
A learn: Universal tariffs can tank global economies - or at least all global stock markets which are a key drive of economic health - in only 48 hours. Thank goodness its not millennials' first recession rodeo (said while crying into our cup 'o noodles we ate in 2009 and are again buying to save money, haha).
A shoutout: This week I'm heading on an extended work trip that has me meeting up with some amazing women in AZ and CA. Hoping for enlightened partnerships!
Something I love: Doing life with my three boys (plus our dog Piper). Making big changes is not easy but I'm so proud of how we worked together this week to get our house ready to be listed. I couldn't do it without them, truly.
