What if you make the big decision and regret it? Leaving a career. Ending a chapter. Starting over after you’ve already invested years building the life you have. Sometimes the hardest part is wondering whether you’ll look back and realize you chose wrong. In this episode, Holly shares some of the biggest decisions of her life, from leaving her small Louisiana hometown at 18 to join the Navy to eventually walking away from a 26-year Navy career without knowing what would come next. She talks about why staying with what’s familiar can feel safer than listening to the voice telling you it’s time for something different, and why the years you’ve already invested aren’t wasted when you change direction. Because your past isn’t a sunk cost. It’s seasoning.

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In This Episode:

• (02:00) Holly’s decision to leave home at 18 and join the Navy
• (07:45) The difference between staying because you want to and staying because it feels safe
• (12:00) Why starting over doesn’t erase everything you’ve already accomplished
• (13:30) What to do when that little voice keeps telling you, “This isn’t it”

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