Maybe.

I heard this parable last year and it keeps coming back to me. It was new to me then, and it has made me think about how little we can actually know while we’re inside a moment.

Riding the waves

I had a year end conversation with a client recently where we talked about the waves you ride in life and work.

There are seasons where everything feels aligned. Momentum, confidence, ease. And there are seasons where it feels like all the plates wobble at once.

The question we kept circling was not how do I stay in the good parts.
It was, how do I make the swings less extreme?

How do the highs stop pulling us into overconfidence or urgency?
How do the lows stop sending us into panic or self doubt?

How do we stay steady when the verdict is not in yet?

It only made sense later

I have lived this more times than I can count, but one moment stands out.

Years ago, I came in second for a job in Paris. I was devastated. It felt like I had missed the opportunity, the one that was supposed to change everything.

A few months later, I landed at Airbnb.

That experience reshaped my career, my confidence, and the kind of work I wanted to do. I would not trade it for the world.

At the time, though, it did not feel like redirection.
It just felt like loss.

It only made sense in hindsight.

Where I am now

Lately, my own work, personally and professionally, has been about becoming less flappable.

Being with what is.
Loosening my grip on outcomes.
Letting things be unfinished without labeling them as wrong.

Trusting that something can be unfolding without me fully understanding it yet.

Most of us do not need more advice or another framework. What we need is space. Space to think, to feel, and to name what is actually happening without rushing to fix it or judge it.

An open invitation

If you are in a season that feels unsettled, or surprisingly good but fragile, and you want a steady thought partner to help you make sense of it, I would love to support you.

Not to force clarity.
Not to rush a decision.
Just to sit with the maybe and see what is trying to emerge.

You can reply to this email or book time that works for you.

Warmly,
Jenny