What if the only thing standing between you and the life you dream of is a story you’ve been telling yourself?
This week in our Fearless Creators class, we stripped everything back to that core truth: it’s all story. The struggle is story. The doubt is story. The waiting, the working, the wondering—it’s all narrative. And here’s the twist: we are the authors. Every moment, we are writing and rewriting the myth of our lives.
The Battle Between Doing and Being
A central theme emerged: many of us are caught in the identity of “doing”—researching more, fixing more, working harder. We wear our hustle like armor, trying to solve our way out of lack or uncertainty.
But the invitation was to shift into being.
The “be-through-it” version of ourselves—the one who accepts, declares, and embodies their story—doesn’t need to do more. They become more. They speak from certainty. They claim what they need, not through effort, but through alignment.
It’s not denial of action—it’s action sourced from identity, not fear.
“Who would I need to be for $20,000 to simply arrive?” That’s not magical thinking. It’s a radical reframe of responsibility.
The Fire is Sacred, and So is the Struggle
We talked about how everything that feels like resistance—boredom, doubt, rejection—is material for the sacred fire. The sacred fire is our inner altar, where we lay down our smaller selves in exchange for the epic version of who we’re becoming.
Instead of numbing out or waiting, we offer our limitations to the flame.
You’re not waiting for your future self to arrive. She’s waiting for you to hunger for her.
And hunger isn’t a poetic word here. It’s literal. It’s devotion. It's waking up with the fire to seek her out every day, to move through discomfort, to be the version of you who can receive the thing you’re asking for.
Creating the Most Insane Story You Can Imagine
At the end of class, we were asked to write down the most unbelievable, audacious, soul-screaming story we could tell about ourselves. One so wild that it would knock the breath out of our old identity.
Not for vanity.
For alignment.
Because when you name that story and start acting in devotion to it, you become magnetic. You stop asking the world for permission. You offend the status quo. You show up in your full expression—style, voice, power, weirdness and all—and you stop apologizing.
And here’s the kicker: that story will demand a sacrifice.
The small version of you will not come along for the ride.
Your Challenge: Tell the Bigger Story
This week, I invite you to sit down and write your “insane” story. Not the six-month version. Not the reasonable one. The one that cracks your soul open and leaves you breathless with awe.
Then ask:
What must I give to the sacred fire to have this?
What old stories need to die so this one can live?
And most importantly:
Who would I need to be to make this inevitable?
Devotion, Not Discipline
We don’t become our future selves through punishment. We become them through devotion—to the vision, to the magic, to the sacred storyteller within us.
You are not behind. You are not late.
You are just a storyteller in mid-sentence.
Let’s write something worth living.
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