Apparently our current love language is making major life changes at the exact same time.

This week, we’re talking about that weird in-between season where you know you’re moving in the right direction… but the rest of your life is still buffering.

Brittni is navigating the absolutely unhinged job market while pushing Betchin Cakes harder than ever and starting to see some exciting doors open. Mike is stepping away from what’s familiar and building his real estate career on his own. We’ve both taken risks, made major changes and somehow still feel happier and more aligned than ever.

Naturally, we’re processing all of it through the TV we’ve been aggressively binge-watching — from House of Stassi and watching Stassi and Beau navigate career and marriage, to Sons of Anarchy and Outer Banks, where everyone is apparently willing to risk everything for the life they want.

And with Dolly Parton’s passing today, one lyric from Sacrifice feels especially fitting: “You don’t drink the water if you don’t dig the well.”

So we’re getting into careers, relationships, rejection, reinvention, supporting your partner while still figuring out your own shit and what it really means to bet on yourselves when the results are still loading.

We’re still digging the well.

We don’t have everything figured out, but the plot feels right.

And for now, we’re trusting the pivot.