Every ending is a new beginning, but it doesn't always feel that way--and it didn't in the spring of 2017. I was freshly divorced, with a storage unit full of stuff but no house to put it in, a job that I was just about to quit and no future plans at all.

So I decided to ride my bicycle across the United States of America. On my own.

Four and a half months later, I realized that the hardest part of any adventure--whether it's by bike, by car, in our minds and hearts, the result of a change we chose or one that was thrust upon us--is the beginning. It can feel nearly impossible to start, and many of us don't know where to even begin. And so we get stuck there.

We get stuck on making things perfect. On choosing the right moment. On being ready. On what others might think. On being old enough (or too old), or not having the right skills, the right gear, the right state of mind. On what we should have or could have done.

And yet, what I on learned on this journey and what my body taught me was this: Go anyway. Keep moving, day by day, breath by breath, pedal stroke by pedal stroke. Choose and then choose again. What's the worst that could happen?

Actually, what's the best that could happen?

Years later I can tell you: Only the most incredible of things. Things that you once only dreamed of. Things that you once never even dared to dream--like moving across an ocean. I had to ride my bike across a country, though, before I could rebuild my life on my own terms.

So what is your bike ride across America? Where will it take you, if you just dare to begin?

P.S. Listen to the end for reflection questions, resources and a quick breathing exercise to help you get started!

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