What if the season you're trying so hard to get through is actually part of the life you're going to miss someday? After finding old letters I wrote to my husband while deployed to Iraq in 2003, I started thinking about how much of my life I've spent looking ahead, to the end of deployment, the next promotion, retirement, or whatever came next. In this episode, I talk about what those letters, getting older, a breast cancer diagnosis, and 26 years in the Navy have taught me about time, ambition, and being present in the life I'm actually living. I'm not done setting goals or looking forward to what's next. I just don't want to rush through what's here to get there.

In This Episode:

• (00:00) Finding old letters from Iraq and realizing how much of my life I spent waiting for the future
• (05:23) When ambition and achievement quietly become part of your identity
• (08:15) Turning 52, starting new things, and realizing usefulness doesn't have an expiration date
• (11:19) The people we don't realize we're going to miss while we're busy trying to get through a hard season
• (13:03) How a breast cancer diagnosis changed the way I think about being alive
• (15:05) Every season has a purpose—and why the ordinary Tuesdays count too

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