The trees race through my peripheral vision in a blur.
I can feel the cold mountain air pounding the exposed parts of my face.
Peppermint hits the back of my throat from the fresh coat of Burts Bees applied at the summit.
The roar of the wind seeps past my ear buds, competing with the progressive house beats pumping from my phone.
It is taking every ounce of concentration I possess to stay balanced over my skis. Half an inch too far and I’ll take a digger I might not walk away from.
That high-speed, hyper-focused, edge-of-disaster thrill is what growing Financial Zen has felt like for the last two years.
It’s been amazing, but also required every single ounce of my concentration and time. And that is exactly why my content has been so few and far between in recent history.
I love educating, elevating, and (hopefully) entertaining our members and anyone who will listen.
For me, our content is part of that higher calling to help people
If I can help even one person learn something new, have an “Aha!” moment, or at least get a chuckle out of their day, then an hour of writing was absolutely worth it.
The iterations we have made this quarter are the culmination of eight relentless quarters of hard work behind the scenes. The systems are built, the all-star team is assembled (and trained), and the vision is dialed in.
So all that heavy lifting is finally freeing up my time to get back to publishing daily content.
I’m still racing down that mountain. But for the first time in a long time, I’m not going so fast that I can’t finally enjoy the views.
Stay tuned, and enjoy the long weekend!